70 XVII. POETTJLACACE^. 



subglobose ; style 3-fid. Capsules crustaceous, "lobose, glabrous, about 

 the size of a pea. Seeds reuifonn, compressed, concentrically striate, 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 247; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 1, p. 150 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat, v, 11 (1897) p. 125, Taliawn inclicum, W. & A. 

 Prodr. p. 356 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 39,— Flowers : Nov. 



Very rare. Hill Forts in the Deccaii. Deccan : Singhad, Woodrow; Piirandhar, 

 Woodrow. — DisTiiiB. Arabia, Africa. 



Order XVIII. TAMARICACE^. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, small, often scale-like, quite 

 entire, usually fleshy ; stipules 0. Flowers terminal or axillary, solitary, 

 or arranged in spicate or paniculate racemes, regular, usually herma- 

 phrodite. Sepals 5, rarely 4, connate at the base, much imbricate. 

 Petals as many as the sepals, inserted beneath a disk, imbricate, free or 

 united at the base into a tube. Disk hypogynous or slightly perigynous. 

 1 0-glandular, crenate or angled, rarely obsolete. Stamens 5-many, 

 inserted on the disk, free or variously united at the base ; anthers 

 2-celled, versatile, usually apiculate. Ovary free, 1-celled or imperfectly 

 septate ; ])lacentas 3-5 ; ovules 2-many on each placenta, anatropous ; 

 raphe ventral ; micropyle inferior ; styles 3-5. Capsule dehiscent, A\ith 

 as many valves as there are styles. Seeds erect, plumed or winged, 

 albuminous or not ; embryo straight ; cotyledons flat ; radicle inferior, 

 short. — DiSTRiB. Temperate and warm regions of the N. hemisphere 

 and in S. Africa, often in maritime or sandy places ; genera 5 ; species 

 about 40. 



1. TAMARIX, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves minute, scale-liive, amplexicaul or 

 sheathing. Flowers white or rosy, spicate or densely racemose. Sepals 

 4-5 (rarely 6), free. Petals inserted beneath a glandular-crenate, angled 

 or lobed disk, free or slightly connate at the base. Stamens 5-10 

 (rarely 4 or 11-12), inserted on the disk, free, or scarcely connate at 

 the base into a ring. Ovaiy attenuated at the apex ; ovules many ; 

 styles 3-4 (rarely 2-5), short, thick ; placentas very short, basal. Cap- 

 sule 3-4-valvcd. Seeds many, small, glabrous, produced at the apex 

 into a sessile plume, the axis of which is setiform and feathered with 

 long hairs; albumen 0; embryo ovoid-oblong. — Distriu. S. Europe, 

 N. Africa, Central and tropical Asia, usually near the coast ; species 

 about 20, 



Stamens .'j. 



Klowers l2-sexual, in racemose panicles 1 . T. cjalllca. 



Flowers l-scxual, in close cylindrical spikes 2. T. dioica. 



Flowers 2-scxual, in usually intorniptcd spikes 3. T. articulata. 



Stamens 10. 



Glands of the disk separating the Glaments ; axis of plume 



very long 4. T. cricoidcs. 



Glands of the disk passing into the bases of tlic filaments; 



axis of plume short 5. T.stricta. 



1. Tamarix gallica, fAan. Sp. PL (1753) p. 270; var. indica, 

 Wilkl. ill Ucsel. Natarf. Fr. Berl. Neue Schr. v, 4 (1803) p, 214 (sp,). 



