TAMAHICACE^ ILLECEBRACE*. 179 



This substance being analysed by Mitscherlich, was found to contain no 

 crystallisable Mannite, but to consist wholly of pure mucilaginous sugar. 

 Lindl. from Ann. des scien. 12,68. (1827.) 

 Tamarix, L. {DC.pr. 3, p. 95 ;— W^. and A.pr. \,p. 40.) 



1. gallica, L. {DC. o. c. p. 96 ,—E. B. 19, t. 1318.) 



^. indica, Ehrenb. (T. indica, T-FiV/rf. ;—DC. 3,p.96 ^—Roxb.fl. ind. 2, 

 p. 100; excl. syn. Vahl. — T. gallica, W. and A. pr. \. p.AO ; — W. 

 ill. 1, t. 24. /. 1 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 11.— T. epacroides, Sm.) 

 ^^ Jhaoo. 5 Coromandel. Banks of the Indus. Cutch and Scinde, 

 where it is commonly used for fire-wood. Banks of the Jumna and 

 Ganges. Fl. very small, rose-coloured, R. S ; fr. C. S. — The ashes 

 of this tree, when it grows near the sea are remarkable for containing 

 a quantity of sulphate of soda, and cannot be used as a ley for wash- 

 ing, as they coagulate the soap. When the tree grows in sweet soil 

 in the interior, the ashes are free from the soda, ( Wight.) The galls 

 of T, indica and dioeca are highly astringent, and are used both in 

 medicine and dyeing. (Royle.) 



2. dioeca, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 101 ;— DC. pr. 3, p. 96 -.— JV. and A. 

 pr. 1, p. 40; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 11.) 5 Soonderbuns. Beds of 

 the Concan and Deccan rivers. Upper India. crt«f ^ff^ -^^^ Jhaoo. 

 Fl. very small, rose-coloured, nearly the whole year ; fr. C. S. 



* T. africana, Poir, $ N. Africa. Naples. — T. canariensis, Willd. B Cana- 

 ries. — T. Pharos, Buch. ; Doab. Agra. Delhi. — Trichaurus erico'ides, 

 Arn. ; Wight, ill. 1, t. 24. B. Deccan. Banka. Palaar. — Myricaria 

 elegans, Royle. Kunawur, 



ORDER XCIII.—ILLECEBRACE^.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 127. 



THE KNOT-GRASS TRIBE. 



Herbs or half-shrubby plants, by Lindl. referred to 39 genera. Of these, 

 DC. pr. and Spreng, syst. assign about 40 species to Europe ; 22 to S. 

 America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 10 to N. America ; 8 to N. Africa; 6 

 to the Canaries ; 3 to Guinea ; 3 to Arabia ; 1 to Abyssinia ; 1 to Senegal ; 



1 to Madagascar ; 1 to Persia ; 1 to Dahuria ; 1 to Siberia ; 1 to China ; 



2 to New Holland ; and I to Van Diemen's Land. Excluding Scleranthus 

 annuus, S. Africa exhibits 49 species. In the E. Indies about 17 forms 

 have been discovered ; viz. I of Herniaria. (Cashmere.) 1 of Hapalosia ; 

 (common;) 1 of Illecebrum ; (Kunawur;) 4 of Polycarpcea ; (Ceylon, 

 Peninsula of India, Silhet ;) 2 of Drymaria ; (Himalayas, Khassya Moun- 

 tains, Dindigul, Taong-Dong, Java ;) and 8 of Mollugo ; (Ceylon, both 

 Peninsulas, Bengal, Nepal, Cochin*China,) A few of them are common 

 to other parts of the world. 



