52 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
ix j the beds 
account we would do well to examine the tamarix jungles, which “tn pect 
of our rivers for miles together, to ascertain to what extent they could supply 
Remarks on Genera AND Sprcirs. 
aring the stamens on its margin, and by the fears 
form of the styles and stigmas. The beak of the seeds, which seems to form so exceller 
ints of comparison, that the chances of our ieee 
variations or imperfections in any one set of organs, are greatly diminis ic 
ient uncertainties still exist in the natural method to lead different Botanists 
{ tooccupy in the series, and eee! 
d be respectively referred to them; 
but yet, in spite of these drawbacks, j artifici 
Linnean is certain] 
bot 
» a8 to ensure its general adoption by all who would 
study botany asa science, and not as a mere Means of discovering the name of a plant, as 
he would the meaning of a word in a dictionary, But eve 
very difficul 
flowers : even the Papaw, one of the most ¢ 
gular bi-sexual flowers. Ce 
But to return from this digression, it appears that the genus Trichaurus is amply distin- 
guished from Tamariy by having double the number of stamens that it has sepals, and by havr 
be opments attached toa distinct hypogynous disk, independent of the more distinct beak 
e seeds, 
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