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Plcmts of ike Punjab. 



Sheubs with Alieexaie ExsiiFULAiE Simple Leaves. 



Petals unu^'ited. 



Tarn am gallica, 

 Tamaiisk, 



tJ '^j'.li ii, . p'jO<./ui, lot. 

 TaMA£I5CINE^. 



F. B. L i. 248. 



The Plains. 

 Delhi, Lahore. 



Tamaib: salina, 

 Ghwa. 



I. B. I. i. 24^S. 



North- West 

 Frontier Province. 

 Esakheyl. 



Tamarlx dioica, 

 K^y.:,_ ... . . 



Tamabiscute^ . 

 P. B. L i. 249. 



The Plains. 



Myricaria germaniea, 



'.r '. .^ Z ■ v'io . /i, lo '<Tutj\ii . 

 lA¥ARI5CiyE^. 



F. B. L i. 250. 

 Hazara, 7-8,000 ft. 

 (Barrett). 



SMmmia Laureola, 

 JVer. . :,'■■.,,. 

 P.utace^. 

 F. B. I. i. i59. 

 Himalava, 

 6-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mahaan 

 (Collett). 

 Mmree, Hazara 

 (Baiiett). 



large, branches slender, jointed ; leaves minute, scale - 

 like, not sheathing, overlapping at first, distant later, 

 nsnallj green ; flowers \ in. diam., shortly stalked, crowd- 

 ed in long slender spiked branched racemes, white or pink, 

 bracts shorter than the flowers, half sheathing, membran- 

 ons, short-pointed, sepals persistent, triangnlar, blunt, 

 petals longer than the sepals, stamens 5, styles 3 ; capsules 

 \ in. long, narrowed from an ovoid base. 



medium size, smooth, bluish -green, leaves minute, 

 scale-like, heart-shaped, somewhat sheathing, bracts equal- 

 ling the flowers in length, linear, stigmas sessile ; in other 

 respects like the last species. The twigs t)f this and the 

 other species are used for weaving baskets. The gaUs 

 are used in tanning and the manna as a nuld aperient. 



small, branches long, drooping ; leaves minute, scale- 

 like, sheathing, greyish-green with a broad white margin, 

 smooth, long-pointed ; flowers in two sexes, purple-pink in 

 rather short compact stalked spikes, bracts nearly as long 

 as the flowers, triangular, long-pointed, reddish-brown, 

 stamens 10, styles 3 ; capsule oblong, tapering, twice as 

 long as the withered sepals and petals. 



medium size, branches many, parallel to the stem, 

 stem slender, with fine parallel lines, with bluish-green 

 ^5. XV- dr>53 when young ; leaves small, linear-lanceolate ; 

 f ^^ :-iall, pink-purple, on short stalks in lateral or 

 : -_ - £t-like racemes, 1-18 in. long, bracts ovate- 

 ianeeoiate, three to four times as long as the short flower 

 stalks, with broad thin margins, sepals 5, ununited, lan- 

 ceolate, equal in length to the petals, petals 5, stamens 10, 

 alternately long and short, united for half their length, 

 stigmas 8, sessile : s-: i- any, with a tuft of hairs, usually 

 stalked. 



small, strongly aromatic, evergreen, bark white, 

 stringy; leaves 3-6 in. long, oblong, lanceolate, smooth, 

 ^and-dotted, shining, crowded at the end of branches ; 

 flowers male and female \ in. diam., white or yellow, in 

 crowded erect terminal branching racemes, 1^2 in. long, 

 calyx 5-lobed, persistent, petals 4-5, oblong, much longer 

 than the calyx, stamens 4-5, imperfect in female flowers, 

 stigma 2-5-lobed ; drupe |-| in. long, red, ovoid, with 

 2-5 one-seeded stoi:r=. The leaves are used for flavouring 

 food. 



