Tamarix ramosissima, Ledeb.

8. T. ramosissima Ledeb. View in CoL , FI. Altaica 1: 424 (1829)

(7 eversmannii C. Presi ex Bunge, 7 pallasii auct., non Desv.).

Glabrous shrub or small tree with reddish-brown bark. Leaves 1-5-3-5 mm, acute. Racemes 15-70x 3-4 mm, without naked base, usually aestival, in dense panicles. Bracts narrowly triangular, acute, denticulate, exceeding the pedicels. Pedicel shorter than calyx. Flowers pink, 5-merous, without antepetalous stamens. Outer sepals 0-5-1 mm, narrowly trullate, acute, denticulate, the inner wider and more obtuse. Petals 1-1-75 mm, obovate to broadly elliptical. Filaments inserted below the sinuses which separate the emarginate lobes of the disc. Damp places, especially on saline or alkaline soils. S. part of U.S.S.R. Rs (W, K, E).

T. chinensis Lour. , FI. Cochinch. 1: 182 (1790), from China, is widely cultivated for ornament (often under the name of 7 gallica ) and perhaps locally naturalized. It is very like 8, but has smaller, entire sepals, ovate petals and shorter bracts.