XXJX. TAMARICA^CE^. XXX. PHILADELPHA^CE^. 459 



Genus II. 



MYRICA'RIA Desv. The Mtricaria. 



Decandria. 



Lhi. Si/sf. 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 Tamarix of authors that have monadelphous stamens. 



Derivation. From inuriiie, 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 sljorter 

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

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

 the valves, tufted at one end ; hairs of tuft feathery, (Don^s Mil/.) 



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

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

 solitary, terminal spikes. 



Sub-evergreen shrubs, not growing to half the height of Tamarix galiica, 

 and readily distinguished from it by their longer and tiiicker 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. 



ft 1. M. germa'nica Desv. The German Myricaria, or German Tamaiisk, 



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



Si/nonymes . 7'amarix germanica Lin. Sp. 386. ; Tamarfscus decandrus 



Lam. Fl. Fr. ; 7'amarix decandra Mcrnch ; 7'amariscus germanicus Lob. 



Ic. 2. t. 218. ; Tamaris d'AUemagne, Fr. ; Deutschen Taraarisken, Ger. ; 



Tamarigia piccola, Ital. 

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



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

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

 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. 

 June to September. 



8*20. M. germanica. 



Flowers pinkish 

 S4 2. M. DAHu^RiCA Dec. The Dahuriart Myricaria. 



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



Synonyme. Tamarix dahQrica Wtlld. Act. Berol. No. 16. 



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



Spec. Char., ^c. 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 Dahnria. In- 

 troduced in 1816, and closely resembling the preceding 

 species. 



821. Af. dahurica. 



Order XXX. PHILADELPHA^CE^. 



'0D. Char. Calyx tube turbinate, limb 4 IG-parted. Petals 4 10, 

 aestivation convolutely imbricate. Stamens numerous. Styles distinct or 

 combined. iS/igmas numerous. Ca/)SMfc half inferior, 1 0-celled, many -seeded. 



