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Order XXyill. TAMABISCACE^. 



Gal. 4^-6-parted, peMistent,- imbricate in the bud. Pet. 4 — 5, 

 withering, from the 1bas,e of the calyx. Stam. equal to or twice 

 as many as the pet,, from the margm of a shieldlike disk. C|aps. 

 1-cell'ed, S-valved, many-seeded, loculicidal. ' Placentas often 

 only at the base. Seeds ascending, crowned with a tuft of hairs. 



1. TAMARrs. Styles 3, patent. " Seeds :afBxed at the base of 

 the capsule; crowned with a tuft of ^ simple papiUifoim 

 hairs. ■ ' 



1. Tam'akix Idnn. Tamarisk. 



|1. T. anff'Kca (Webb) ; 1. glabrous rather narrowed at the 

 base spurred, fl.-buds ovoid, h3rpogynou8 ring 5-angled narrowed 

 into the filaments of the Cordate shorHy apiculate anthers whose 

 cells diverge below, caps, rouildish-trigonous at the base abruptly 

 narrowed' towards the apex. — T, gaUica Sm.— St. shrubby, with 

 slender leafy branches. L. minute, with a loose spur at the base. 

 . Spikes lateral, rather panicled, slender. Fl. small^ pink. — South- 

 west coast of Kngland. Sh. VII. E. 



Order XXIX. ONAGEACE^. 



Cal. tubular, adnate to the ovary whoUy or in part, with 2 — 4 

 lobes valvate in the bud. Pet. as many as the calyx-lobes, 

 twisted in' the bud, inserted at the top of the tube. Stam. 2, 4, 

 or 8, inserted with the petals. Ovary of several cells, with a 

 central placenta. Style 1, filiform, stigma capitate or lobed. 

 Fr. a berry or capsule with 4 cells. Albumfeh 0. — L. alternate 

 or opposite, not dotted. 



1. EpiiiOBiUM. Cal. 4-cleft, deciduous. Pet. 4. Stam. 8. 

 Style filiform with a clavate or cruciform stigma. Caps, 

 linear, 4-oelled, 4-valved. Seeds many, bearded. 



2. (Enotheea. Cal.-limb tubular below. Seeds not bearded. 

 In other respects like EpUoUum. 



3. IsNAHDiA. Limb of the cal. 4-cleft, persistent. Pet. 4 or 

 0. Stam.i 4. Style filiform, deciduous ; stigma capitaie. 

 Caps, obovate, 4-valved, 4-ceIled, many-seeded, with a locu- 

 licidal dehiscence. 



41 CmCffiA. Limb of the cal. 2-cleft, deciduous, its tube closed 

 by a cupshaped disk. Tet. 2, obcordate, Stam. 2, alter- 

 nate with tbe petals, Style ' simple ; stigma emarginate. 

 Caps 1- or 2-ce«erf,, cells 1-seeded, seeds erect. 



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