CHAP. XLVII. TAMARICA‘CEA. MYRICA RIA. 949 
T. efftsa Ehrenb. is a native of the north of Africa. 
Remark. The native localities of the above sorts, and their synonymes ; the circumstance of 7. 
gallica being found not only in Europe, but in Africa and Asia; together with the nature of the 
plant, which is extremely liable to vary with soi] and situation; seem to us to render it highly pro- 
bable that all the above sorts are only varieties of one and the same species. Whether or not they 
are worth keeping distinct as varieties, it is impossible to say from the description, without having 
seen the plants. 
App. ii. Half-hardy Sorts of Tadmariz. 
T. africina Poir., Don’s Mill, 2. p. 726.; T. gallica var. y Willd. ; has the bark browner, and 
the flowers a little larger than in 7. gallica. It is found on the shores of the Mediterranean, in 
Egypt, and in various parts of the Levant. It is considered as requiring the protection of a frame 
in England ; which may, probably, be the case, till it has become inured to the climate, even if it 
should be only a variety of T. gallica. 
T. canariénsis Willd. is a native of the Grand Canary Island and of Teneriffe, where it grows 
to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft. 
T. pycnocdrpa Dec. is a native of the Levant, on the road side between Bagdad and Kermancha. 
T. passerinoides Del. Fl. Egypt. is a native of Arabia and Egypt, in arid places. Ehrenberg, in the 
Linnea, as before quoted, has described three forms of this alleged species: T. p. 1 divaricata, a 
native of the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon; 7. p. 2 Hammdnis, also a native of the Oasis; and T. p.3 
macrocarpa, found in various parts of Arabia and Egypt. 
Other species or sorts are enumerated in Dec. Prod. and Don’s Mill., which, being natives of India 
and Senegal, are considered as requiring the stove in Britain, and they are, consequently, omitted 
here ; though, if they properly belong to the genus, they will, probably, be found half-hardy. 
Genus II. 
MYRICA‘RIA Desv. Tue Myricaria. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia 
Decandria. 
Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat., 4. p. 349.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 97.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 727. 
Synonymes. The species of Tamarix of authors that have monadelphous stamens. 
Derivation. From muriké, the Greek name of the tamarisk,'derived from mw7 6, to flow ; the species 
being generally found on the banks of running streams; or from the flowing of the sap as manna. 
Description, §c. Subevergreen shrubs, not growing to half the height of 
Tamarix gallica, and readily distinguished from it by their longer and thicker 
leaves, placed at a greater distance from one another on the stem; and by their 
larger flowers, which have 10 stamens. The propagation and culture are the 
same as those of the preceding genus. 
# 1, M. cerma’nica Desv. The German Myricaria, or German Tamarisk. 
Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat., 4. p. 349.; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 97.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 727. 
Synonymes. Tamarix germanica Lin. Sp., 386., Schkuhr Handb., t. 35.; Tamariscus decandrus 
Lam. Fl. Fr.; Tamarix decandra Manch; Tamariscus germanicus Lod. Jc., 2. t. 218.; Tamaris 
d’ Allemagne, F7.; Deutschen 'Tamarisken, Ger. 
Engravings. Mill. Ic., t. 262. f. 2.; Schkuhr Handb., t. 35. ; Lob. Ic., 2. t. 218.; and our fig. 672. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Fruticulose, glabrous. Leaves linear- ri 
lanceolate, sessile. Spikes of flowers terminal, solitary. 
Bracteas longer than the pedicels. Capsules ascending. 
(Dec. Prod., iti. p. 97.) A native of inundated sandy 
places, and the banks of rivers, throughout all Europe ; 
and, in Asia, found on Caucasus, and the Himalayas. 
It was introduced into Britain in 1582, and, it is 
supposed, by Archbishop Grindall. It grows to the 
height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., and flowers from June to September. 

# 2. M. panu‘rica Dec. The Dahurian Myricaria. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 3. p. 98.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 728. 
Synonyme. Tamarix dahirica Willd. Act. Berol., No. 16. 
Spec. Char., §c. Shrubby, glabrous. Leaves linear, almost oblong, sessile, 
slightly spreading. Spikes of flowers lateral, ovate-cylindrical, thick, blunt, 
with scales at the base. Bracteas extending as far as the flowers. (Dec. 
Prod., iii. p.98.) A native of Siberia, beyond the Baikal, and of Dahuria. 
Introduced in 1816, and growing to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft. 
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