Tamabix.] TAMABISCINjE^ 71 



upwards-; 5^,^' ^e* 3*4, short ; placentas basal; ovules m2i.nY . Seeds 

 with a sessile plume of hairs ; albumen 0. — Species about 64. 



Stamens 5— 



Leaves not sheathing ; flowers 2-sexTial, 



in large panicles of slender spikes . c 1. T. gallica. 

 Leaves, sheathing — 



Flowers dioecious, in dense cylindrical 

 spikes . . . . . 2. r. dioica. 



Flowers 2-sexual or monoecious, in lax 

 racemose panicles ; leaves & sheaths 

 impressed-punctate . . . 3. T. articulata. 



Stamens 10 4. T. ericoides. . 



1. T. galUca, Linn. 8p. PI. 270 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 40 ; T. gallica, var. 

 indica, Willd. (s^.); F, B. I. i, 248 ; Brand. For. Fl. 20, t. v ; Watt 

 E. D. T. indica, Ko&n.; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 100 {excl. syn.); Boyle III. 213^ 

 Vern. Jhau (Tamarisk). 



A bush, or small tree up to 30 ft. high. Branches slender, articulated. 

 Leaves minute, persistent, at first imbricated, afterwards distant, not 

 sheathing, subulate, usually green. Flowers very small, numerous, shortly 

 pedicelled, closely packed on the long very slender spike-like branches of' 

 large terminal panicles, white or pink. Bracts shorter than the flowers, 

 semi-amplexicaul, membranous, acute. iSepals triangular, obtuse, persist- 

 ent. Petals much longer than the sepals Stamens 5 ; filaments twice 

 the length of the petals. Glands of dish 10, more or less coalescing in 

 pairs. Ovary sub-trigonous, nearly sessile ; styles 3, slightly connate. 

 Capsule 5 in., attenuated from an ovoid base. 



Abundant within the area, in sandy and gravelly ground near rivers, 

 also on low-lying saline ground, often associated with Salvadora. 

 DiSTRiB. : Throughout India, from the N. W. Himalaya to Burma and 

 Ceylon ; _W. and S. shores of Europe, N. and Trop. Africa and S. Asia. 

 Flowers in July and August. A glaucous variety, T. Pallasil, Desv. (sp.), 

 occurs in W. Tibet up to 12,000 ft. 



2. T. dioica, Boxh. Hart. Beng. 22 ; Fl. Ind. ii, 101 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 40 ; 

 Boyle III. 213 F. B. I. i, 249 ; Brand. For.lFl. 22, t. vi.; Watt E. D. Vern. 

 Ldl jhau. 



Usually a moderate-sized shrub, 6-7 ft. high, with long spreading or 

 drooping branches. Leaves minute, closely appressed, greyish-green, with 

 a broad white margin ; apex obliquely deltoid, acuminate. Flowers 

 dioecious, purple^or rose-coloured, in compact cylindrical loosely panicled 

 spikes. Bracts nearly as long as the flowers, triangular; reddish-brown,, 

 with white margins. Petals oblong, emarginate. Male fl. : Stamens 5,. 

 inserted in the notches of the 5-lobed disk, longer than the petals ; aoithers 

 purple. Fem. fl. : Stamens abortive. iSt-j/les^B, longer than the petals. 

 Cajpside oblong, tapering, surrounded by the withered sepals and. 

 petals, and about twice their length. 



