TAMARIX 
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Tabebuia Gomez. Bigoniaceae (11). 6 sp. trop. Am. 
Tabernaemontana Plum, ex Linn. Apocynaceae (1. 3). no sp. 
trop. 
Tacca Forst. Taccaceae. 9 sp. trop. As., S. Am. There is a creeping 
tuberous rhizome bearing large branched leaves on long stalks, and 
cymose umbels of firs, on scapes. P 3 + 3, regular; A 3 + 3; q (3), 
i-loc. with parietal placentae and 00 anatropous ovules. Style short, 
with 3 branches petaloid above, each 2-lobed with the stigmas on 
their under sides. Fruit a berry. East Indian arrowroot is made 
from the rhizomes of T. pinnatifida Forst. and other sp. 
Taccaceae. Monocotyledons (Lilii florae). 2 gen., Tacca (q.v.) and 
Schizocapsa (fruit a capsule). The order has been placed in many 
positions in the natural system by various writers (see Nat. P/t.); 
Benth.-Hooker place it in Epigynae. 
Taccarum Brongn. Araceae (vii). 3 sp. Brazil. 
Tacsonia Tuss. Passifloraceae. 25 sp. trop. Am. United to Passiflora 
in Nat. Pfl. 
Tagetes Linn. Compositae (vi). 20 sp. Arizona to Argentina. T. 
signata Bartl. is a favourite border plant. 
Talauma Juss. Magnoliaceae (1). 8 sp. trop. E. As. and 4 sp. trop. 
Am. Like Magnolia, but fruit indehiscent or breaking off from a 
persistent base. 
Talinum Adans. Portulacaceae. 15 sp. Afr., Am. 
Talisia Aubl. Sapindaceae (1). 33 sp. S. Am. 
Tamaricaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Parietales). 5 gen. with 90 
sp. temp, and subtrop. Desert, shore, and steppe plants (p. 169 &c.). 
Shrubs or herbs with alt. exstip. leaves, often heath-like. Firs, 
solitary or in racemose infls., ebracteolate, 2 , regular, hypogynous. 
K 4 — 5; C 4 — 5 (except Fouquieria); A 4 — 5, 8 — 10 or 00 , on a 
disc; G (4 — 5 or 2), i-loc. Styles usually free. Ovules co or few, 
on basal-parietal placenta, ascending, anatropous. Capsule. Seeds 
hairy. Embryo straight ; endosperm or not . Chief genera : Reau- 
muria, Tamarix, Myricaria, Fouquieria. Placed in Caryophyllinae 
by Benth.-Hooker, in Cistiflorae by Warming. 
Tamarindus Tourn. ex Linn. Leguminosae (11. 3). 1 sp. trop. Afr., 
T. indica L., the tamarind, largely cultivated in the tropics for its 
valuable fruit (the part eaten is the pulp round the seeds ; it is also 
officinal). The 2 anterior petals are reduced to bristles, and the 
3 fertile sta. united below to form a tube. The wood is useful, not 
being attacked by insects. 
Tamariscineae (Benth.-Hooker) = Tamaricaceae. 
Tamarix Linn. Tamaricaceae. 64 sp. Eur., As., Medit. T. gallica L. 
(tamarisk) is a doubtful native on the S. and E. coasts of England. 
T. mannifera Ehrenb. (Egypt to Afghanistan) produces, owing to the 
punctures of the insect Coccus manniparus , the manna of the Bedouins, 
a white substance which falls from the twigs. 
