Tamarix africana, Poiret Tamarix canariensis, Willd. Tamarix gallica, L. Tamarix tetrandra, Pallas ex Bieb.

1. T. africana Poiret View in CoL , Voy. Barb. 2: 139 (1789)

( T. hispanica Boiss. ).

Tree with black or dark purple bark, glabrous except for papillose bracts and inflorescence-axis. Leaves 1-5-4 mm, acute. Racemes 30-60 x 5-8 mm, usually vernal, but often aestival in Spain and Portugal. Bracts triangular, obtuse to acuminate, usually exceeding the calyx. Flowers subsessile, white or pale pink, 5-merous, without antepetalous stamens. Sepals 1-5 mm, trullateovate, acute. Petals 2-3 mm, trullate-ovate, at least some of them persistent. Filaments expanded at the base and confluent with the lobes of the disc. Coastal marshes and river-banks. S. W. Europe, extending eastwards to S. Italy. BI Co Ga Hs It Lu Sa Si [Br],

2. T. canariensis Willd. View in CoL , Abh. Phys. Kl. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1812 -13:79 (1816)

( T. gallica auct. pro parte).

More or less papillose shrub or bushy tree with reddish-brown bark. Leaves 1-3 mm. Racemes 15-45x3-5 mm, dense, with papillose axis, usually aestival (but sometimes vernal in Spain), forming panicles. Bracts linear to triangular, acuminate, entire, equalling or somewhat exceeding the calyx. Pedicel equalling calyx. Flowers pink, 5-merous, without antepetalous stamens. Sepals 0-5-0-75 mm, finely and deeply denticulate. Petals 1-25-1-5 mm, obovate, caducous. Filaments as in 1 but disc much smaller. W. Mediterranean region, Portugal. BI Ga Hs Lu Sa Si.

3. T. gallica L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 270 (1753) View Cited Treatment

(7 anglica Webb ).

Like 2 but entirely glabrous; bark dark brown to dark purple; racemes rather lax; bracts more or less erose-denticulate, not exceeding the calyx; sepals 0-75-1-25 mm, entire; petals 1-5-2 mm, elliptical to elliptic-obovate; disc less fleshy. S.W. Europe, extending to N.W. France; planted elsewhere for shelter and ornament and sometimes naturalized. *Az BI Co Ga Hs It Si [Br].

4. T. tetrandra Pallas ex Bieb. View in CoL , Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1: 247 (1808).

Glabrous or slightly papillose shrub or small tree with black bark. Leaves 3-5 mm, acute, with scarious margin. Racemes 30-60 x 6-7 mm, usually vernal. Bracts oblong, obtuse, herbaceous except for the scarious apex. Flowers white, 4-(5-)merous, with 0-4 antepetalous stamens. Pedicel much shorter than calyx. Sepals 2-2-5 mm, entire, the outer keeled and acute, the inner obtuse and shorter. Petals 2-5(-3) mm, ovate to ovate-elliptical. Filaments of antesepalous stamens inserted in shallow sinuses between the lobes of the conspicuous, fleshy disc. Damp places, mainly in the mountains. E. part o f Balkan peninsula; Krym. Bu G r Ju Rs (K) Tu.