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Genus II. 
MYRICA‘RIA Desv, Toe Myrricaria. Lin. Syst. Monadélphia 
Decandria. 
Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat., 4. p. 349. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 97. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 727. 
Synonymes. The species of Tamarix of authors that have monadelphous stamens. 
Derivation. From muriké, the Greek name of the tamarisk, derived from murd, to flow ; the 
species being generally found on the banks of running streams ; or from the flowing of the sap as 
manna. : 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 10, alternate ones shorter 
than the rest; filaments monadelphous from the base to about the middle. 
Stigmas 3, sessile, ina head. Seeds inserted in a line along the middle of 
the valves, tufted at one end; hairs of tuft feathery. (Don’s Mill.) 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, evergreen; linear or oblong, be- 
coming gradually broader towards the base, sessile. Flowers in simple, 
solitary, terminal spikes. 
Sub-evergreen shrubs, not growing to half the height of Tamarix gallica, 
and readily distinguished from it by their longer and thicker leaves, placed at 
a greater distance from one another on the stem; and by their larger flowers, 
which have 10 stamens. Propagation and culture as in the preceding genus. 
a 1. M. cerma’nica Desv. The German Myricaria, or German Tamarisk. 
Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat., pe 349.; Dec. Prod., 3. p.97.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 727. 
Synonymes. _: arix germanica Lin. Sp. 386.; Tamarfscus dec&ndrus 
yz Lam. Fl. Fr.; Tamarix decéndra Moench; Tamariscus germ4nicus Lob. 
Ie. 2. t. 218.; Tamaris d’Allemagne, Fr.; Deutschen Tamarisken, Ger. ; 
Tamarigia piccola, Ital. 
Engravings. Mill. tc., t. 262. f. 2.; and our fig. 820. 
Spec. Char., §c. Fruticulose, glabrous. Leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, sessile. Spikes of flowers terminal, solitary. Brac- 
teas longer than the pedicels. Capsules ascending. (Dec. 
Prod.) An evergreen shrub, with upright slender branches. 
Europe, in inundated sandy places, and 
j the banks of rivers ; and in Asia, on 
820. M. germanica. Caucasus, and the Himalayas. Height 
6 ft. to 8 ft. Introduced in 1582. 
Flowers pinkish ; June to September. 
g 2. M.panu'rica Dec. The Dahurian Myricaria. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 3. p. 98.5 Don’s Mill., 3. p. 728. 
Plan tek Tamarix dahirica Wild. Act. Berol. No. 16. ; ; 
‘ngraving. Our fig. 821. from a specimen in Dr. Lindley’s herbarium. 
Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby, glabrous. Leaves linear, al- , 
most oblong, sessile, slightly spreading. Spikes of flow- 
ers lateral, ovate-cylindrical, thick, blunt, with scales at 
the base. Bracteas extending as far as the flowers. (Dec. 
Prod.) Siberia, beyond the Baikal ; and in Dahuria. In- 
troduced in 1816, and closely resembling the preceding 
species. 
821. M. dahirica. 
Orper XXX. PHILADELPHA‘CE. 
Orv. Caar. Calyr tube turbinate, limb 4—10-parted. Petals 4—10, 
estivation convolutely imbricate. Stamens numerous. Styles distinct or 
combined. Stigmas numerous. Capsule half inferior, 10-celled, many-seeded. 
