Taman'x.] TamariscinecB . 9 1 



A dwarf shrub with a woody, stunted, much-branched 

 rootstock and several short, spreading, prostrate, fleshy- 

 branches ; 1. alternate, \-\ in., sessile, terete or oval on 

 section, pointed, stipular appendages a few short, bristly 

 hairs ; fl. rather large, solitary, terminal, sessile, with a dense 

 ring of hairs and an involucre of 4-8 long leaves ; stam. 

 about 16. 



Dry low country, in the crevices of rocks ; rather common. Dam- 

 bulla ; Anuradhapura ; near Puttalam ; Uma-oya. Fl. most of year ; 

 salmon-yellow. 



Also in Southern India. 



In Fl. B. Ind. i. 246, the Ceylon plant is, I know not on what grounds, 

 referred to the very different P. oleraceaj but the Kew examples are 

 leafless. 



XVI.— TAMARISCINE^. 



Trees ; 1. scale-like, without stip. ; fl. regular, bisexual ; sep. 



and pet. 5, distinct, free, imbricate ; stam. 5, distinct ; ov. 



I -celled, with numerous ovules on 3 basal placentas, styles 3 ; 



fruit a 3-valved capsule ; seeds with a plume of hair, no 



endosperm. 



TAIHARIX, L. 



(For characters, see Order.) — Sp. about 20 ; 6 in Fl. B. Ind. 



T. g-allica, L. Sp. PI. 270) 1753. Kiri, T. 



T. indzca, Willd., Moon Cat. 22. Thw. Enum. 401, 23. C. P. 1254. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 248. Wight, 111. t. 24 A. 



A large shrub or small tree, with slender, articulated 

 branches ; 1. very small, scale-like, persistent, at first imbri- 

 cated, afterwards distant, subulate ; fl. very small, numerous, 

 shortly pedicellate, closely placed on the long, very slender, 

 spike-like branches of large, terminal panicles, bracts acute, 

 immediately beneath the fl. ; sep. oval, obtuse, persistent ; 

 pet. acute, rather longer ; styles 3 ; capsule small, |- in., tri- 

 gonous, tapering, glabrous, valves flat ; seeds several, very 

 small, crowned with a long plume of white hairs. 



On the sea -coast; rare. Chilaw ; Puttalam; Mullaitivu ; Jaffna. 

 Confined apparently to the dry districts. Fl. Feb.; pink. 



A sea-coast plant throughout the Mediterranean and extending to 

 India and Burma and tropical Africa. Often planted ; the Tamarisk. 



[7! ericoides, Rottb., given for Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind. i. 249, has not, I 

 believe, been found in the island. Thwaites (Enum. 23) at first referred 

 our T. gallica to this species.] 



