100 PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. TamaHx. 



3. R. parviflorum. R. 



Subarboreous ; all the tender parts very downy. Leaves 

 ternate ; leaflets sessile, obovate, anterior margins ser- 

 rate-crenate. Panicles terminal. 



A small bushy tree, a native of Nepal from thence in- 

 troduced into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta where it 

 blossoms during the rainy season. 



SAMBUCUS. Schreh. gen. n. 505. 

 Calyx five-parted. Corol five-cleft. Berry three-seed- 

 ed. 



S. Ehiilus. Willd. 1. 1494. 



Herbaceous. Leaflets from seven to nine, sessile, lan- 

 ceolate, finely serrate. Stipules quatern (four on each 

 side,) leafy, unequal. Cyines from three to six-parted. 



A native of Rungpore in Bengal. It flowers during the 

 rainy season. Its taste is simple herbaceous and has 

 nothing of the ungrateful smell of the Europe plant. It 

 may be a difl'erent species, though I cannot at present fix 

 on a different character. 



TAMARIX. Schreb. gen n. 510. 



Calyx five -parted. Corol five-petalled. Germ superior, 

 one-celled, many seeded, attachment parietal. Capsule 

 one-celled, three-valved. Seed comose. Embryo centri- 

 fugal ; no perisperm. 



1. T. indica. K'on. Mss. 



Arboreous. Panicles terminal, racemed. Style single 

 and short. Anthers double, and crowned. 

 T. Chinensis. Lour. Cochin Ch. 228. 

 T. Articulata. Vahl. Sytnb. 2. 48. t. 32. Willd. 1. 1498. 

 Sans. Jhavuka. 

 Betig. Jhou^ Jhouca, Jhaoo. 



