XVIII. TAMARICACE^. 71 



A shrub or small tree, with slender erect or peudulous branches. 

 Leaves yq-}^ in. long, subulate-acute from a triangular semi-amplesicaul 

 base, at first imbricate, afterwards distant. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 numerous, crowded, in slender lateral and terminal panicled spike-like 

 racemes ; pedicels short ; bracts very acute, immediately beneath the 

 flowers. Sepals 5, much shorter than the petals, triangular-ovate, 

 margins minutely denticulate. Petals oblong, rounded and often 

 notched at the "top, pink. Disk 5-lobed ; lobes entire or neaidy so. 

 Stamens 5, inserted at the margins of the middle of the lobes of the 

 disk. Ovary bottle-shaped, trigonous, truncate at top ; styles 3, arti- 

 culated to the ovary. Capsules about ^ in. long, conical, somewhat 

 trigonous, tapering, pale pink, glabrous. Seeds with a plume of white 

 hairs, Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 248. TamarLv gallica, W. & A. Prodr. p. 40 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 11 ; Trim. PL Ceyl. v. 1, p. 91 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 14 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nut. v. U (1897) p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 3, p. 411. — Plovvers : Dec. -Mar. Yebn. Jhavrdjhad ; Lai. 



Abundant on the banks of the Indus and throughout Sind. Sind ; Woodrotv I, 

 CooA'e I 



2. Tamarix dioica, Eoxh. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 22. A small 

 dioecious tree with a short truuk; branches spreading with drooping 

 extremities. Leaves sheathing, glabrous, oblit|uely truncate, abruptly 

 acuminate. Flowers | in. in diam., in dense peduucled spikes, 1-2 in. 

 long, forming drooping, terminal panicles ; peduncles about equalling 

 tiie spikes ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, with membranous margins, 

 persistent. Sepals about half as long as the petals, elliptic-obovate and 

 with a strong midrib, margins membranous. Petals elliptic- oblong, pink. 

 Stamens 5, inserted in the notches of the minute 5-lobed disk (in the 

 feuiale flowers reduced to short filaments usually without ani3hers) ; 

 filaments ligulate. Styles 3, as long as the ovary ; stigmas clavate, 

 truncate. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 249; Grab. Cat. p. ll"; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 v. 1, p. 777 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 14 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 410.— 

 Flowers : Nov. Vern. Jhciii ; Ldl Jhdu ; Qaz. 



Beds of rivers throughout tlie Presidency, common. Forms extensive forests along 

 the Indus. Beds of Ivonkan and Deccan rivers, Graham. Gujakat ; Broach, Cookel ; 

 banks of the Nerbudda, Woodrow'. Sind: Cooke \, fToocZrow !— Distrib. Afghan- 

 istan, Assam, Birma. 



3. Tamarix articulata, Vahl, Symh. v. 2 (1791) p. 48, t. 32. A 

 shrub or small tree, reaching 20 ft. high ; the slender ultimate branches 

 hoary with a saline efflorescence from the impressed, punctate glands. 

 Leaves reduced to a short sheath, the free part to a small triangular 

 tooth. Flowers hermaphrodite, in sleiider, usually interrupted spikes ; 

 bracts sheathing, acute, shorter than the flowers. Sepals 5, broadly 

 elliptic, much shorter than the petals, entire or minutely toothed. Petals 

 oblong, conniving at the top. Stamens 5 ; filaments filiform, inserted in 

 alternate notches of the 10-lobed disk. Capsules trigonous, rounded at the 

 tip ; styles 3, about half the length of the ovary ; stigmas ovoid. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 1, p. 249 ; Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. v. l,p. 151 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 777; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 14 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 6, part 3, p. 409. 



Upper and middle Sind eastwards. Sind: Stocks], Cooke \ — Distkib. Belucbistan, 

 Algeria, Arabia, S. Africa. 



