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TAMARIX * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndriaI, Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Tamarisci'ne/E, Desvaux. — Lindl. Syn. p. 
61.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 158. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 527. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 514. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Bot. v. ii. p. 725. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 406. — Tamarica'- 
cea;, Loud. Encycl. of Trees and Shrubs, p. 457. — Portulacea:, 
Juss. Gen. PI. p. 312. — Succulents, Linn. — Rosales; subord. 
Rhceadosje; sect. Cistina? ; subsect. Cistians; type, Tama- 
ricaces ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. pp. 614, 784, 792, 798, & 805. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see figs. 1 & 4.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 
4 or 5 deep, upright, permanmt segments, half the length of the 
corolla. Corolla (see figs. 1 & 2.) of 4 or 5 inversely egg-shaped, 
blunt, concave, spreading petals. Filaments (see figs. 2 & 4.) 4 or 
5, hair-like, inserted into the calyx, opposite to its segments. 
Anthers incumbent, roundish. Germen (fig. 5.) superior, egg- 
shaped, pointed. Style none. Stigmas 3, long, divaricate, glan- 
dular and oblique at the apex. Capsules (figs. 6 & 7.) egg-oblong, 
pointed, triangular, longer than the calyx, of 1 cell, and 3 valves. 
Seeds numerous, upright, inserted nearly at the base of the valves, 
or almost in the centre of the capsule, tufted ; tuft composed of 
numerous simple hairs arising from the apex. 
The 4- or 5-cleft calyx ; the corolla of 4 or 5 petals ; the long, 
sessile stigmas, glandular and oblique at the apex ; and the seeds 
with numerous simple hairs at their summit; will distinguish this 
from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
TA'MARIX GALL1CA. French Tamarisk, 
Spec. Char. Leaves minute, clasping the stem or branch, 
adpressed, pointed. Spikes lateral, somewhat panicled, slender, 
much longer than broad. Stamens five. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1318.— 4F1. Grace. v. iii. p. 85. t. 291. — Linn. Sp. PI. p 386. — 
Willd, Sp. PI. v. i. pt. , 11 . p. 1498. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 338.; Eng. FI. v. ii. p. 
111. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 403.— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 554. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 62. — Hook. Brit. F). p. 143. — Macr. Man. Brit, Bot. p. 82. — Hunt. Evel. Silr. 
p. 344. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. "ii. p. 726. — Loud. Arb. et Frutic. 
Brit. v. ii. p. 947. f. 671.; Encycl. of Trees and Shrubs, p. 458. f. 819. — Tr. of 
Linn. Soc. v. iii. p. 333. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, p. 17. — Irv. Load. 
FI. p. 160. — Bab. Prim. FI. Sam. p. 38. — Tamarix floribus pentandris, Linn. 
Hort. Cliff, p. 111. — Mill. Ic. p. 175. t. 262. f. 1. — Tamarix narbonensis, Dalech, 
Hist. p. 180, with a figure. — Tamarix major, sive arborea narbonensis, Bauh. 
Hist. v. i. pt. Ii. p. 350, with a figure. — Tamar iscus narbonensis, Tourn. Inst, 
p. 661. — Johns. Ger. p. 1378. f. 1. — Tamariscus folio tenuiore, Park. Theatr. Bot. 
p. 1479. f. 1. — Myrica sylvestris prima, Clus. Hist. v. i. p. 40, with a figure. 
Fig. 1. Back view of a Flower, showing the Calyx.— Fig. 2. Front view of ditto. — 
Fig. 3. A Petal. — Fig. 4. Calyx, Stamens, and Pistils. — Fig. 5. Germen and Stig- 
mas. — Fig. 6. A Capsule. — Fig. 7. a. an entire Capsule; b. Ditto, with the valves 
separating and discharging the seeds . — All magnified. 
* From its growing on the banks of the Tamaris, now Tambro, on the borders 
of the Pyrenees. Don. See folio 48, note f. 
