XXIX. rAMARICA^CEjE. XXX. PHILADELPHA^CE^E. 4'59 



GENUS II. 



MYRICA V RTA Desv. 



THE MYRICARIA. 

 Decandria. 



Lin. Syst. Monad elphia 



Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat, 4. p. 349. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 97. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 727. 



Synonymes. The species of 7'amarix of authors that have monadelphous stamens. 



Derivation. From murike, the Greek name of the tamarisk, derived from muro, to flow ; the 



species being generally found on the banks of running streams ; or from the flowing of the sap as 



manna. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 10, alternate ones shorter 

 than the rest ; filaments monadelphous from the base to about the middle. 

 Stigmas 3, sessile, in a head. Seeds inserted in a line along the middle of 

 the valves, tufted at one end ; hairs of tuft feathery. (Doris Mill.) 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen ; linear or oblong, be- 

 coming gradually broader towards the base, sessile. Floivers in simple, 

 solitary, terminal spikes. 



Sub-evergreen 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. Propagation and culture as in the preceding genus. 



t 1. M. GERMA / 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. 7'amarix germanica Lin. Sp. 386. ; T'amarfscus decSndrus 

 Lam. Fl. Fr. ; 7'amarix decandra Mcench ; Tamariscus germanicus Lob. 

 Ic. 2. t. 218. ; Tamaris d'Allemagne, Fr. ; Deutschen Tamarisken, Ger. ; 

 Tamarigia piccola, Ital. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic.. t. 262. f. 2.; and our fig. 820. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Fruticulose, glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, sessile. Spikes of flowers terminal, solitary. Brae- 

 teas longer than the pedicels. Capsules ascending. (Dec. 

 Prod.) An evergreen shrub, with upright slender branches. 

 Europe, in inundated sandy places, and 

 the banks of rivers ; and in .Asia, on 

 Caucasus, and the Himalayas. Height 

 6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1582. 

 Flowers pinkish ; June to September. 



& 2. M. DAHITRICA Dec. The Dahurian Myricaria. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 3. p. 98. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 728. 



Synonyme. 7'amarix dahurica Willd. Act. Berol. No. 16. 



Engraving. Our fig. 821. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley's herbarium. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Shrubby, glabrous. Leaves linear, al- 

 most oblong, sessile, slightly spreading. Spikes of flow- 

 ers lateral, ovate-cylindrical, thick, blunt, with scales at 

 the base. Bracteas extending as far as the flowers. (Dec. 

 Prod.) Siberia, beyond the Baikal ; and in Dahuria. In- 

 troduced in 1816, and closely resembling the preceding 

 species. 



Sal) M. germanica. 



ORDER XXX. PHILADELPHA^CE^E. 



ORD. CHAR. Calyx tube turbinate, limb 4 10-parted. Petals 4 10, 

 aestivation convolutely imbricate. Stamens numerous. Styles distinct or 

 combined. Stigmas numerous. Capsule half inferior, 10-celled, many-seeded. 



