72 XTIII. TAMAniCACEJ;. 



4. Tamarix ericoides, RotU. in Gesel. Nahirf. Fr. Bed. Neue Schr. 

 v. 4 (1803) p. 214. A shrub with dark cracked bark. Leaves minute, 

 scale-like, ovate-lanceoLate, acuminate, epunctate. Flowers handsome, 

 \ in. in diam. in terminal racemes ; pedicels very short ; bracts mem- 

 branous, acuminate, from a broad base. Sepals ovate-elliptic, with 

 white membranous margins. Petals 5, rose-colored, slightly unequal, 

 broadly elliptic-obovate, twice as long as the sepals, with minutely 

 denticulate margins. Stamens 10, alternately loug and short, not ex- 

 ceeding the petals ; glands of the disk separating the filaments. Styles 

 3, short, dilated at the apex ; stigmas ellipsoid. Capsules dull yellowish- 

 white. Plume of the seeds with a very loug axis, feathered with dirty 

 white hairs. PL B. I. v. 1, p. 249; IS'iedenzu, in Eugl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 6, fig. 134, o-Q ; Talb. Ti-ees, Bomb. p. 14 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 0, part 3, p. 411. Trichaurus ericoides, W. & A. Prodr. p. 40 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 11 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 14 ; Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. p. 58, 

 t. 70. — Plowers : Nov.-Jan. Vern. Jhdu ; Sarub ; Kddsherni. 



Common in the beds of Konkan and Deccan rivers. Konkan ; Latv !, S/ocIcs ! 

 Deccan : banks of the ludrayani river near Kavli, Graham ; banks of the Mutha 

 river (Poona districts), Woodrow ! Gujarat: banks of the Narbada river near Broach, 

 Woodroivl Kanaka : K41a naddi, near Sulgeri (N. Kanara), Tcdhotl Sind: Cooke. 



5. Tamarix stricta, Bolss. Diay. ser. 2 (185G) fasc. 2, p. 57. 

 Glaucous, glabrous. Leaves closely sheathing, very narrow, shortly and 

 abruptly mucronulate. Flowers subsessile, in slender, panicled spikes 

 or racemes ; bracts broadly triangular-ovate, cucullate, acuminate, shorter 

 than the flowers. Sepals oblong-obovate, rounded and minutely denti- 

 culate. Petals obloug-elli[)tic, obtuse, minutely toothed at the apex, a 

 little longer than the sepals. Stamens 10. Disk 10-lobed, the lobes 

 passing into the slightly dilated bases of the filaments. Stigmas 3, sub- 

 sessile. Capsules short, conical, dull white. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 249 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 778 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 14. 



A very rare plant. Sind : Slocks ! — Distrib. Beluchistan. 



Oedee XIX. ELATINACEiE. 



Semi-aquatic or terrestrial herbs or uudershrubs. Leaves opposite 

 Or vvhorled, entire or serrate ; stipules twin. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 small, regular, axillary, solitary or cymose. Sepals 2-5, free, imbricate. 

 Petals as many, hypogynous, imbricate. Disk 0. Stamens equal in 

 number to the petals or twice as many, hypogynous, free ; anthers 

 versatile, 2-celled, the cells dehisciug lougitutlinally. Ovary free, the 

 cells as many as the sepals ; ovules numerous, on the inner angles of 

 the cells, horizoutal or subascending, anatropous ; raphe lateral or 

 ventral; styles as many as the cells, distinct from the base; stigmas 

 ca])itate. Capsule septieidal ; valves flat, concave or incurved, sepa- 

 rating from a central placcntif'erous and often more or less septiferous 

 column. Seeds straight or curved; raphe on the concave side; testa 

 often rugose or ribbed ; all)umen 0, or very thin ; embryo conform to 

 the seed ; cotyledons short ; radicle next the hilum. — Distrib. Through- 

 out the world ; genera 2 ; species about 20. 



