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 T!MARIX GALLICA (Common Tamarisk). 



TAMARIX (Tamarisk). 



1. T. Gdllica (Common Tamarisk). A handsome 

 shrub or small tree, with long flexible branches, and 

 minute scale-like leaves, which are close pressed to the 

 twigs, and give the tree a light feathery appearance. 

 The flowers, which are rose-coloured, grow in clusters of 



