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TAMARISCINE^E. I. TAMAEIX. 



Loose Tamarisk. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



3 T. ELOSGA'TA (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 254. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 421.) glabrous, glaucous ; flowers crowded, pedicellate, disposed 

 in simple, elongated, lateral racemes ; bracteas reflexed, 2 or ,'3 

 times longer than the pedicels ; calycine segments broad, ovate, 

 acutish, keeled, with membranous margins ; petals spreading, 

 exceeding the genitals ; styles very short ; leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute, when young incurved at the apex ; when adult re- 

 curved. Pj . H. Native of Siberia, in the desert of Soongaria, 

 in saltish places. Petals reddish. 



Elongated Tamarisk. Shrub. 



I T. PARVIFLOKA (D. C. prod. 3. p. 97.) glabrous, rather 

 glaucous ; leaves small, lanceolate, subulate, a little keeled, 

 acute ; spikes lateral, crowded, short ; bracteas longer than the 

 pedicels ; ovarium not exceeding the corolla when in flower, 

 (j . H. Native country unknown, but cultivated about Con- 

 stantinople. Spikes or racemes 9-10 lines long. Flowers white, 

 one-half smaller than those of the first species. 



Small-flowered Tamarisk. Shrub. 



SECT. II. DECADE'NIA (from ceKa, deca, ten, and acr/v, aden, 

 a gland; the gland surrounding the ovarium is 10-toothed). 

 Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnsea. 2. p. 253. Gland surrounding 

 the ovarium 10-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 5, one in each of 

 the alternate teeth of the gland. 



i T. AFRICAN A (Poir. voy. 2. p. 189. Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 

 269.) glabrous, rather glaucous ; leaves lanceolate, stem-clasp- 

 ing, imbricate ; racemes sessile, scaly, dense, rising from the 

 branches of the same year, usually simple ; bracteas ovate, 

 chaffy ; flowers trigynous ; capsule 3-valved. Tj . F. Native 

 in the sand along the Mediterranean sea, in Mauritania ; shores 

 of Naples, Egypt ; and of the Levant at the torrents about Tra- 

 pezon. T. Gallica y, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1498. The bark is 

 browner, and the flowers a little larger than in T. Gallica. 



African Tamarisk. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



6 T. TETRA'GYNA (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnsea. 2. p. 258.) 

 like the last; but differs in the bracteas being linear-lanceolate, in 

 the flowers being tetragynous, and in the capsule being 4-valved. 

 I? . H. Native of the south of Europe. There is a variety of 

 this having the racemes simple at the apex, and proliferous at 

 the base, leafy. 



Tetragynous Tamarisk. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



7 T. GRA'CILIS (Willd. 1. c. no. 8.) leaves lanceolate, sessile ; 

 racemes short, usually solitary, sessile, rising from the branches 

 of the preceding year ; pedicels elongated, about equal in length 

 to the bracteas. Tj . H. Native of Siberia, in salt marshes at 

 the river Irtisch. 



Slender Tamarisk. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



8 T. EFFI; V SA (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnsea. 2. p. 258.) 

 leaves lanceolate ; racemes loose, elongated, somewhat panicled ; 

 pedicels much shorter than the bracteas. Jj . H. Native of the 

 north of Africa. 



Ejfuse-pamded Tamarisk. Shrub. 



9 T. ORIENTA'LIS (Forsk. descrip. 206.) glabrous, glauces- 

 cent ; leaves minute, distant, stem-clasping or sheathing, mucro- 

 nate ; spikes or racemes lateral, slender ; capsule 4-valved. Jj . 

 S. Native of Arabia, Persia, and the East Indies. Thuya 

 aphy'lla, Lin! spec. 1422. exclusive of the synonymes. T. arti- 

 culata, Vahl. symb. 2. p. 48. t. 32. Flowers minute. Bracteas 

 mucronate. Branches as if they were articulated at the origin 

 of the leaves, with the internodes turbinate. The largest tree of 

 this species appears to be one at Babylon, on the supposed site 

 of the hanging gardens. 



Oriental Tamarisk. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



10 T. nisi'iDA (Willd. 1. c. no. 2.) leaves and branches clothed 

 with cinereous hispid pubescence ; branches ascending ; styles 



short. Jj . H. Native in the sandy deserts about the Caspian 

 sea. T. pentandra var. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 79. B. C. D. T. Gal- 

 lica ft, Willd. spec. T. tomentosa, Smith in Rees' cycl. 35. no. 

 2. T. canescens, Desv. ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 348. Spikes or racemes 

 lateral, somewhat panicled. Leaves lanceolate, subulate, imbri- 

 cate. Flowers pale red. 



Hispid Tamarisk. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



11 T. CHINE'NSIS (Lour. coch. p. 182.) branches drooping; 

 leaves very minute, imbricate, acute ; spikes panicled, slender, 

 and long ; petals linear, erect. fj . G. Native of China, in the 

 province of Canton. According to Loureiro this plant is nearly 

 allied to T. oricntalis. T. Gallica var. Ehr. 1. c. Flowers red. 



China Tamarisk. Tree 12 to 20 feet. 



12 T. DIOICA (Roth, nov. spec. 185.) glabrous, greenish ; leaves 

 scale-formed, acute, stem-clasping at the base ; spikes panicled, 

 very slender, elongated ; bracteas longer than the flowers ; 

 stigmas in the female flowers exserted. Jj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Stamens none, or 5 inclosed. A female specimen 

 has only been examined. 



Dioecious Tamarisk. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



13 T. TNDICA (Willd. 1. c. no. 5.) glabrous, greenish ; branches 

 stiffish, twiggy ; leaves short, ovate, acute, of an obscure green, 

 with white edges; spikes of flowers elongated, straight, pani- 

 cled ; bracteas shorter than the flowers, subulate, longer than 

 the pedicels ; stamens exceeding the corolla. J?.S. Native of 

 the East Indies. T. epacrioides, Smith in Rees' cycl. 35. no. 4. 

 T. Gallica var. I'ndica, Ehrenberg, 1. c. 



Indian Tamarisk. Shrub 6 feet. 



1 4 T. CANARIE'NSIS (Willd. 1. c. no. 4. Buch, can.) glabrous, 

 hardly glaucous ; branches divaricate ; leaves small, stem-clasp- 

 ing, obscure green, margined with white, ending in long cirrhose 

 points, some adpressed, and some spreading ; spikes somewhat 

 panicled, very long, slender ; stamens length of the corolla. Tj . 

 G. Native of the Grand Canary Island, along the sea side, and 

 at the entrance of the valleys near Las Palmas. In Tenerifte on 

 the east of Santa Cruz, near the sea, where we have seen it grow- 

 ing in great plenty. 



Canary Island Tamarisk. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



15 T. RAMOSI'SSIMA (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 25C. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 424.) glabrous, glaucous ; flowers crowded, disposed in cylindri- 

 cal racemes, forming a decompound panicle ; bracteas exceeding 

 the pedicels ; calycine segments ovate-orbicular, acutish ; petals 

 erectly connivent ; styles much shorter than the ovarium ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, stem-clasping, glabrous, Tj . H. Native 

 of Siberia, at Lake Noor-Laisan. Flowers reddish. T. Gallica, 

 Sievers in Pall. nord. beytr. vii. 



Much-branched Tamarisk. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



16 T. GA'LLICA (Lin. spec. 386.) glabrous, glaucous; leaves 

 minute, stem-clasping, adpressed, acute ; spikes lateral, some- 

 what panicled, slender, 5 times longer than broad. Jj . H. Na- 

 tive of France, frequent ; and along the Mediterranean. In 

 England, on the coasts of Cornwall, Hampshire, and Sussex. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 1318. Mill. fig. 262. f. 1. Blackw. herb. 331. 

 Tamariscus Gallicus, All. Tamariscus pentandrus, Lam. fl. fr. 

 but not of Pall. Flowers flame-coloured or pale-red. 



Far. a, siibtilis (Ehrenberg in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2. p. 267.) 

 branches subtile, effuse ; leaves glabrous, pale green, a little 

 spreading. 



Var. ft, Narlonensis (Ehrenberg, 1. c.) branches stiff, spread- 

 ing ; leaves glabrous, obscure green, densely imbricated, mar- 

 gined with white ; spikes of flowers short, rather lateral. 



Var. y, Nilotica (Ehrenberg, 1. c. p. 269.) branches effuse, 

 rather loose ; leaves short, glaucous, spreading ; spikes elongated ; 

 gland surrounding the ovarium, hypogynous, with 10 equally 

 distant teeth. 



Var. S, arborea (Sieb. ex Ehrenberg, 1. c.) branches effuse, 



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