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TAMARISK FAMILY 



A family of 5 genera, natives of the northern hemisphere and of South 

 Africa. 



Tamarix L inne 1753 Tamarisk 

 (The Latin name) 



Shrubs or small trees, with tiny, scale-like, clasping leaves in four 

 rows, buds of several rows of tiny scales, shading into . leaves ; flowers 

 perfect, regular, pink, in dense spikes or catkins, petals and sepals distinct, 



Tamarix gallica 



and below the ovary, sepals persistent, stamens free or slightly United, 

 ovary beaked, with 3-4 short styles; fruit an awl-shaped capsule with 3-4 

 valves. 



A genus of about 25 species, natives of tropical and subtropical regions. 



