Tamarix. pentandria trigynia. 101 



This species grows to be a middling tree, is a native 

 of sandy islands in large rivers or on their sandy banks, 

 or in the vicinity of the sea, between Upara and Pan- 

 tacota, on the coast of Coromandel. It flowers during 

 the latter part of the rainy season. 



Trunk often as thick as a man's body, from six to 

 twelve feet high, generally crooked. Bark scabrous. 

 Branches numerous spreading in every direction ; their 

 bark greenish, with brown scabrous specks. Leaves mi- 

 nute, sessile, pressing close to the branchlets ; on the ex- 

 tremities of the young shoots, imbricated ; on those more 

 advanced in size, more remote, occasioned by the increas- 

 ing size of the branchlets. Flowers small, white, exceeding- 

 ly numerous, collected on many terminal racemes forming 

 a very large, beautifully drooping panicle. Bractes leaf- 

 like, solitary, one-flowered. Filaments twice the length 

 of the petals. Anthers four-lobed, with a terminal point. 

 Sfi/le short, single, more than halfway three-cleft ; divisi- 

 ons or stigmas recurved, feathery. 



When it meets with a good soil, it has a very elegant 

 appearance, particularly when in flower. 



2. T. dioeca. R. 



Dioecous, arboreous. Leaves short, obliquely truncat- 

 ed. Panicles terminal. Miile flowers pentandrous. Fe- 

 male with five abortive stamens. 



Beng. Lai Jhou. 



Picpula. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 268. 



A native of the islands in the Ganges and of its banks 

 above Sook-saugor, where it blossoms during the rains, 

 at which period, in some situations, little more than the 

 tops of the plants are to be seen above water. In our 

 gardens it is in flower the greater part of the year and is 

 highly ornamental. 



Trunk short, covered with dark-coloured, cracked bark. 

 Branches very numerous, spreading in every direction 



