14 10. TAMARASCiNEiE. [TamaHx. 



TAMARIX, Linn. 

 Flowers white or red. Sepals and petals free. Ovary 1-celled ; 

 ovules at bottom of the ovary. Seeds smooth, with a long coma. 



Siaineiis 5. 



Flowers in large panicles ... ... ... T. gaUica. 



Flowers in close cylindrical spikes ... ... .. T.diolca, 



Flowers in interrupted spikes. 



Stamens 10 T. articulata. 



Leaves not pnnctate, sheathing amplexicaul T. erkoldes. 



Leaves punctate, closely sheathing T. stricta. 



T. galUca, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 248 ; Brandis Fot. F1. 20; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sjlv. 20. Lei, lai, jhaw, Sind. Along the banks of rivers and near the 

 sea-coast of Sind. Fl. July, Aug. Fr. Dec, Mch. 



T. dioica, Pv.oxb. Horfc. Bang. 22 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 249; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 21 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 20. Oaz, Ido.jau, Sind. Forms extensive forests- 

 along the Indus. Fl. May, July. Fr. C.S. 



T. articulata, Vahl. Syrab. IL 48, t. 32 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 249 ; Brandis. 

 For. Fl. 22 ; Bedd. Fl Sylv, 20. Asreli, Sind. Upper and Middle 

 Sind eastwards to the Jumna. 



T. stricta, Boiss. Fl. Or. 1.778; Fl. Br.-I. 1. 249. Sind. Stocks. 

 Fl. May, July. Fr. Sept. 



T. ericoides, Rottl. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. Berol. IV. 214, t. 4. Fl. 

 Br. I. 1. 249 ; Trlchaurus ericoides, W. & A. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 14. 

 Jao, saruh, sarata, M. Common in the beds of the Konkan and Deccan 

 rivers ; in the Kdlanaddi of North Kanaranear Sulgeri. Flowers during 

 the cold weather Nov. to Jan. Fr. Feb. 



Oeder 11. GUTTIFERiE. 



Trees or shrubs with resinous juice. Leaves simple, opposite, 

 coriaceous. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Sepals imbricate. 

 Ovary 1 to many-celled. Fruit baccate. Seeds large. Albumen 0.. 



Embryo a solid tigellus with minute cotyledons or 0. 



Calyx of four or five sepals Garcinia. 



Caly.K closed in bud bursting into 2 valves .. ... OchrocaKpus. 

 Embryo of 2 fleshy cotyledons with a small radicle. 



Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled Calophyllum. 



Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled MesuA. 



GARCINIA, Linn. 



Trees with yellow juice. Leaves evergreen. Flowers axillary or 

 terminal, often fascicled, polygamous. Sepals 4, 5 decussate. 

 Petals 4.<, 0, imbricate. Stamens of male fl'jwer many. Ovary of 

 female or hermaphrodite flower 2 to 12-celled. Ovules 1 in each 

 cell, attached to the inner wall. Fruit a berry. 



Flowers tetramerous. 



Fruit globose, 4 to 8-cclIcd, not grooved, pulpy. ... (f. indica. 



Fruit ovoid, 6 to 8-giooved G. Canibofjia. 



Fruit globose, 4-celled, not pulpy G. MoreUa, 



Flowers generally pentamerous. 



Fruit large, yellow ... G. Xanthochymiis. 



Fruit smaller, green, ... 0, ovali/olius^ 



