TAMARICACEiE. 



that the plant this gentleman found the Arabs calling Turfa was 

 T. orientalis, not T. gallica, as appeared from the specimens he brought 

 home. The bark of T. gallica is slightly bitter and astringent. The 

 galls and young shoots of this and some other species or varieties are 

 highly astringent and used both in medicine and in dyeing in India. 



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