ORDER LXXX.—TAMARISCINEÆ.—THE TAMARISK TRIBE.
There are very few plants in this order, and the only ones common in British gardens are the French Tamarisk (Tamarix Gallica), and the German Tamarisk (Tamarix, or Myriacaria Germanica); both of which are easily recognized by their light airy branches, (which when young are covered with closely imbricated leaves, though the leaves drop off as the wood ripens,) and their terminal erect spikes of whitish or pink flowers. The seeds are large, and are each furnished with a tuft of hairs at the end of a kind of stalk. These plants are very suitable for planting near the sea, as they are uninjured by the sea-breeze.
ORDER LXXXI.—MELASTOMACEÆ.
This order consists of showy exotic plants, most of which require a stove in Britain, and which are easily known by their leaves being marked with two or more deep lines running parallel to the midrib. They are all free-growing plants, with very handsome flowers, which are generally purple or white.
ORDER LXXXII.—ALANGIEÆ.
There are two genera, Alangium and Marlea, both handsome shrubs, natives of India.