9-1 8 in., dehiscing by 3 valves loculicidally, with a single series of large seeds with 

 3-angled wing-edges, very characierii-tic, and no endosperm. 



V. Tamaricaceae (5/100) founded on Tamarix of S. Europe, as xerophytic 

 and halophytic small trees, with foliage reduced 10 small adprcssed scale-leaves. 

 Flowers very small, white or pink, in panicled spicate racemes : cf. : — • 



Tamarix gallica of sandy sea-shore (Medit.), Horl. ; flowers typical, pentame- 

 rous, 5 mm. over all; petals pinkish; stamens 5, with a lo-lobcd ' disc "-nectary ; 

 gynoecium of 3 carpels, with 3 free stigmatic lobes, unilocular cavity, and ovules 

 from 3 basal placentas : in fruit the ovary becomes a small capsule (5 mm.), dehiscing 

 by 3 valves along commissural lines, and the seeds utilize a 'coma ' of silky packing- 

 hairs from the chalazal region for wind-dispersal : germinating rapidly on damp 

 ground, but with little vitality. 



T. Troupii, the common sp. in India (Baluchistan) to 30 ft., gregarious on 

 alluvial tracts, essentially similar. T. indica, halophytic (Sundribans). 



T. articulata, a middle-sized tree (60 ft. and 2 ft. diam.) of dry regions and 

 inundated land, withstanding extreme range of temperature and drought. End- 

 ramuli shed : flowers loosely panicled on long slender spikes ; stamens 5, carpels 3, 

 capsule 3 mm. 



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