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Will. TAMARICACEjE.— T • 



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i hi rbs, w ith r id-like branch - 1. 



I rs in .-; 

 I t, with an imbrii 



inserted i 1 1 1 < ■ tin- base of the calyx, wither- 

 ing; with an imbricated aestivation. Stamens hypogynous, either - ■ .' 

 equal to tip- petals in number, or twice as many, distinct 

 delphous. Anthers turned in war 

 tuiiinallv. Ovar> 

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 i lier :it tin t along the middle 

 of tin- vah es. S 



.li^'ht. with an inferior radi } ; • ■'/ 



ili\ ided in opinion as to tin- proper place, in the 

 m, >>f thi' Tamarisk, that common hut beautiful 

 bush, ami it= allies. De Candolle stations it near 1 

 from which its straight embryo and want of albumen remove it : 

 othei - ..n aftinity t-> Lythrads, or evi a to I 



: NK-isii - tin- \ iew f De I . which I 



icrly followed. Endlicher is inclined to station 1. 

 ne\t to Kt aiimuriads, with which thev not "iilv acree in 

 , but m very man - nf structure. The mail 



.-.in-i~t in Keaumuriads ! ia\ in_; a many-celled fruit, 

 placenta;, m< aly albumen round the embryo, and ] 

 wiili unequal Bides, while Tamarisks have a 1-celled fruit, with a 

 and partially par'n-tal placentation, no albumen, and tluir 



Endlicher f opinion tl. 



ncy towards Lythrads is observable among thee 

 I think, however, that, notwithstanding the resemblances wigji 

 inuriads, the trn Order must be in this 



I Alliance, where it may peril 

 ally of Sauvageads and Houseleeka The ha I the 



■t very different from that of Tamarisks. The most 

 important distinctions are th<- total al albumen in I 



1 the axile <>r sutural placentation of Hou* 



1'iinii -ii i~ of less than usual in an 



Alliance whose embryo is so highly, i. The placenta- 



tion is however of greater importance, and more than aji\:; 

 iruws doubt upon the arhnity now si 

 Tl" Ij confined to the northern hemi- 



sphere, and ev< nto n half, that i-. t-. the « >ld W 



which tliey extend a- far as thi I 

 grow by tl ; ,lh- by the i 



maximum <■: and of individuals 



crrainan. The Order appears bound) 1 i m ;':. south 

 N . I on the north by that ol 50 and ' 



Their bark is shghtly bitter, astringent, and | n 

 africana arc remarkable for the quantity of sulphal 

 Ehrei md that the Manna ol Moo 



This -ill-- ig analys tscherlich, 



Mannite, but : wholly of pun- mucilaginoi 





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anil this is courirmed liv Mr. M 



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