CH4P I.] ALANGIE^. 357 



the French Tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica)^ and 

 the German Tamarisk ( Tamarix, or Myriacaria 

 Germanica) ; both of which are easily recognized 

 by their light airy branches, (which when young 

 are covered with closely imbricated leaves, 

 though the leaves drop off as the wood ripens,) 

 and their terminal erect spikes of whitish or 

 pink flowers. The seeds are large, and are 

 each furnished with a tuft of hairs at the end of 

 a kind of stalk. These plants are very suitable 

 for planting near the sea, as they are uninjured 

 by the sea-breeze. 



ORDER LXXXI MELASTOMACE^. 



This order consists of showy exotic plants, 

 most of which require a stove in Britain, and 

 which are easily known by their leaves being 

 marked with two or more deep lines running 

 parallel to the midrib. They are all free-grow- 

 ing plants, with very handsome flowers, which 

 are generally purple or white. 



ORDER LXXXII.— ALANGIE^. 



There are two genera, Alangium and Mar- 

 lea, both handsome shrubs, natives of India. 



