Tamarix,'\ 



11. tamarascine;t:. 



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Upper and Middle Sind, eastwards to the Jumna. Often cultivated, 

 extends westwards to Egypt and South Africa. Grows well on saline 

 soils. The leaves and extremities of the branches ai-e partly shed during 

 the cold season. Flowers from May to July, Fr. September. The 

 foliage of this species is much more grey and glaucous than that of the 

 other species of tamarisk, which are also of a smaller, shrubby habit. 



The bark and irregularly rounded galls (8ahun, Sind.) are used in 

 tanning. Tamarisk manna (misri lei) produced on the twigs by the 

 puncture of an insect is collected in the hot weather and used to 

 adulterate sugar ; also medicinally. Manna is also produced on the two 

 other species, T, galliGHt and T, dioica, in Sind. 



Wood white, moderately hard, open and coarse-grained, fairly tough, 

 "Weighs 61 lbs. to the cubic foot. Used for agricultural implements, frame- 

 work of native beds, &c. ; it is converted into charcoal and is also a valu- 

 able firewood. 



4-. T. ericoides, Rottl. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur, Berol. IV. 214. t. 4; 

 Fl. Br. I. 1. 249. Trichaurus ericoidesy W. & A. ; Ualz. & Gibs, Bomb. 

 Fl. 14. Jao, saruhy sarata, M. 



Bengal, Central and Western India and Ceylon. Common in the beds 

 of the Konkan and Deccan rivers ; in the Kalanaddi of North Kanara near 

 Sulgeri. ¥lowers during the cold weather, Nov. to J an. Fr. Feb. 



Wight and Arnott in the Prod. Fl. Penin. Ind. Or. 40. keep this species 

 distinct from Tamarix, under the generic name Trichaurus^ and make the 

 following remarks with which I am disposed to agree. [" This genus, 

 (viz. Trichaurus,) is mostly allied to Myricaria, but differs from it by the 

 distinct styles and stigmas and by the torus being only expanded into a 

 toothj instead of a connecting membrane, between the stamens. From 

 Tamarix, the beaked seeds and other characters will readily distinguish 

 it."] Sir W. Thiselton Dyer in the Fl. Br. I. 1. 249 restored to this 

 species Bottler's name of Tamarix ericoides. 



6. T. strieta, Boiss. Fl. Or. 1. 778; Fl, Br. 1.1.249. Habit of 

 T, articulata, Vahl., from which, according to Boissier, it is distinguished 

 by the thicker branchlets, more remote leaves and sub-sessile stig:mas, 

 besides the different number of stamens. Sind and Beluchistan, Fl, Br. I. 



Order 12. GUTTIFER^. 



Trees or shrubs, abounding in greenish or yellow resinous juice. 

 Leaves simple^ opposite^ often coriaceous, rarely whorled or stipulate. 

 Flowers axillary or terminal, solitary or clustered, in racemes or 

 panicles, white, yellow or red, regular, unisexual, polygamous or 

 hermaphrodite. Sepals 2-6, imbricate or in decussate pairs. Petals 

 2-6, rarely more^ usually much imbricated and contorted. Male fl. : 

 Stamens usually indefiaite, hypogynous^ filaments free, or variously 

 connate, or in as many phalanges as petals ; anthers various. Fern, 

 fl, : Staminodes various. Ovary 1-2 or more celled ; ovules 1 or 

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