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T. cuneifolium, Willd. Sp. ii. 864 ; DC. Prod. iii. 357 ; Oliv. Flor. Trop. 

 Afr. i. 150 ; Dyer in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 247. 



Soeotra. Near Tamarida and Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 712. Schweinf. n. 

 522. 



Distrib. Through tropical Africa, Arabia, and in India. 



Order XL TAMARISCINE^E. 



A small family of shrubby or arboreous, rarely herbaceous, species of sandy 

 regions in the warmer and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere ; a few 

 also south African. 



TAMARIX. 



Tamarix, Linn. Gen. n. 375 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 160. 



A genus of badly denned species of shrubs or small trees, inhabitants of 

 saline sandy districts in the Mediterranean region, and in temperate and sub- 

 tropical Asia, also at the Cape. 



T. gallica, Linn. Sp. 386 ; DC. Prod. iii. 96 ; Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 151 ; 

 Dyer in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 248. 



Nom. Vern. Kalko. (B.C.S.) 



Soeotra. Shore at Gharriah and elsewhere. B.C.S. n. 489. Schweinf. 

 n. 627. 



Distrib. A widely dispersed plant on the west and south shores of Europe, 

 north and tropical Africa, and south Asia. 



The form of this variable species found in Soeotra is that which occurs on 

 the adjacent Arabian coast, and described by Bunge (Tent. Gen. Tamar. Dorpat 

 1852, ex Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 774) as T. Mascatensis. 



Order XII. HYPERICINE^E. 



A considerable family of herbaceous, shrubby, or arboreous plants, widely 

 dispersed in temperate and warmer regions of the world. 



HYPERICUM. 



Hypericum, Linn. Gen. n. 902 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 165. 



A large genus of herbaceous or shrubby species ranging over the whole 

 world ; most abundant in the temperate northern hemisphere and on .the 

 mountain ranges within the tropics. There are four Socotran species, of which 

 two are endemic, one is entirely African and Mascarene, and the other is an 

 Indian and Ceylon form. 



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