Tamarix. '1 AM AUlSt INK.K. 'J7'. 



Bot Calif, i. 78. —Dry dintricU, eauteru iM.rtltTi of Califomia jukI a<ij»r<>nt NVrada (whcrf 

 first oil. by Tunry, I»65) to K. ()r»?gou auU Wyoming, in very <lr|«iuijpr»i« U>rm, ftr»t roll. 



f.y l\irrfi. 



C. monandrum, Nitt. I)«|ir»-.H.Ho<l or n|irea«linK irtciiu ■ njKiii r •■' !«n;: «ff.als nn'v a 

 liiii- lung, narrow -inargiue*!, littU- :i«vrf?*««-iit : {MiaN inort- ...n.: 

 style vtry short, uiiiiiviiled : i-a|>.Hul(> linewr, U>«oiniuj; iiiinh • 

 iu Torr. Jc (Jr.iy, Fl. i. l"Jt< (fxcl. tli.-.loiil.tful nyn.) ; (,my. »..! . 



Bot. Calif, i. Ts — S. California on tin- coajit, from San Uiegu (where nrrt cuU. bj AmmK| 

 to Los Augeles,' aud to W. Arizoua. 



Ordei: XXI. I .\.M.\i:is( INK.i:. 



1{Y 15. L. U..11IN^..N. 



Trees, shrubs, or rarely perennial herbs, with altirnate entire thi<ki-h <.ft«-n 

 small aud scale-like exstipulate leaves ami n-gular pt-rfeet or mrt-lv dici-rioun 

 flowers. Sepals 4 to 5, free nearly or quite to the bxse and imbricntt^^I. IVtaU 

 of equal numl)er, free or connate into a gaino|H'Lalou8 4-5-lobtHl corolla, inM-rti-*! 

 beneath and outside of a hyjKJgynous or nearly hyjK)i:ynous disk. Sianuns 4 or 

 5 to X ; filaments free or connate at the base or ranly unittil into a tuU- for iui»sl 

 of their length ; anthers oblong, bilcK-ular, intrnr.sf, oft«*n ap|MMi»lage<l at the a|«tx. 

 Ovary single, free, unilocular ; car|>els. parieL:d placcnUi-, and fne .sty l«> or hti^rnia- 

 lobes 3 or 4 each ; few or numerous erect ovules aualro|)ou» with ventral rhaphr. 

 Friiit capsular ; valves as many as the styles ; seetls few to many. oft«-n prt>- 

 vided with a hairy appendage or less frequently wingeil ; end»ryo straight : 

 albumen often scanty or none. — A small but com|K)site onler, reprf»ent»-<l iu our 

 limits only by the sparingly naturalized Tamarix of cultivation and the anoma- 

 lous genus Foiiquiena, which shows almost equal aHinity to CrattuUtcfte. 



1. TAMARIX. Sepals 4 to 6. Petals free ii#arly or quite to the Imwc. Stamenii 4 to 12. 

 distinct or nearly so. Ovary ovate-attonuate, with 3 to 5 short thickUh styleft. rUceut* 

 niulti-<nulatf. es-^entially l>asal. Leaves very small and scale-like. 



2. FOUQUIERIA. .'sepals 5, une<iiial. Petals united into a tubular gamop^taloan Vlolicl 

 corolla. Stamens 10, 15, or x , f ree or nearly so. Ovary ovoid, not attenuate; uttlr* .1. 

 slender, free or united ; placenta? parietal, extending the whole lengtli of the ovary aud 

 more or less intruded .x« partial septa. Ix'aves Heshy, oliovate. Flowers »howy. 



1. TAMARIX. L. Tam.\risk. (Classical I^atin n.ime.) — (;tn. no. 240; 

 Le<leb. Ic. t. 2.'<;i •ia4, 2:.r, ; Bungo, Tent. Monog. Tamar. ; Ii«-nth. & Ho».k. 

 Gen. i. IGO; Baill. Hist. PI. ix. 244: Nitnlenzu in Kngl. & Pnintl. Nat. THau- 

 zenf. iii. Ab. 6, 21>.{. — Asiatic and Me<literranean ornamental (.hrul» aud trf*"* 

 with slender scaly branchlet.s and spicate white or roseate flowers t»f Miiall »i/o, 

 A single species often cultivated for ornament is sjwringly and hx-ally c»tablubcd 

 in America. 



T. O.tLi.iCA, L. Cilabnmg: stems and flexnons branches purplish bn>w - '-k** 



leaves ovate, acuminate, sulM-arinate. m-mi-amplrxicau). jwU- grwn 

 half line in length, at first cl<*«ly imbricated, Liter M'.Mten-il ; ii|» 



» Northward to the .S*n lUfa.l Mt».. Santa lUrbara Co , ford. 



