Myrtama elegans
(Royle) Ovcz. & Kinz. in Dokl. Acad. Nauk Tadzh. SSR 20(7):
56, 57. 1977. Myricaria elegans Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 214. 1835. Tamarix
ladachensis Baum, Gen. Tamarix 162. 1978. Tamaricaria elegans (Royle) Oaiser & Ali
in Blumea 24: 153. 1978, nom. illegit.
Garh.: Wombu.
Shrubs, 3 - 4 m high; branches spreading. Leaves 6 - 15 x 2 - 4 mm, narrowed at base, subobtuse at apex, subentire. Racemes 4 - 20 x 0.8 - 1.5 cm; bracts 3 - 5.5 x 1.5 - 3.5 mm, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate at apex, margin scarious, irregularly denticulate. Flowers pinkish white; pedicels 2 - 3 mm long. Sepals 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 2 mm, united to half or more of their length; lobes with erose-denticulate margins, rarely subentire. Petals 5 - 7 x 2.5 - 3 mm, sometimes slightly notched at apex on one side. Longer filaments 3.5 - 4 mm long, shorter ones ca 3 mm long. Ovary 3.5 - 4.5 mm long. Capsules 0.8 - 1.2 cm long. Seeds ellipsoid or obovoid-ellipsoid, 1.5 - 2 mm long, beak ca 1 mm long; coma 3.5 - 4 mm long.
Fl. June - July; Fr. Aug. - Sept.
Distrib. India: On mountain slopes, ravines and stream borders between 3000 and 4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir(Kashmir), Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (Garhwal).
Pakistan, S.W. Russia and W. China (including N. Tibet).
Notes. The twigs are used as fodder for sheep and goats, the wood as fuel and the leaves as an external application to bruises.
Shrubs, 3 - 4 m high; branches spreading. Leaves 6 - 15 x 2 - 4 mm, narrowed at base, subobtuse at apex, subentire. Racemes 4 - 20 x 0.8 - 1.5 cm; bracts 3 - 5.5 x 1.5 - 3.5 mm, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate at apex, margin scarious, irregularly denticulate. Flowers pinkish white; pedicels 2 - 3 mm long. Sepals 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 2 mm, united to half or more of their length; lobes with erose-denticulate margins, rarely subentire. Petals 5 - 7 x 2.5 - 3 mm, sometimes slightly notched at apex on one side. Longer filaments 3.5 - 4 mm long, shorter ones ca 3 mm long. Ovary 3.5 - 4.5 mm long. Capsules 0.8 - 1.2 cm long. Seeds ellipsoid or obovoid-ellipsoid, 1.5 - 2 mm long, beak ca 1 mm long; coma 3.5 - 4 mm long.
Fl. June - July; Fr. Aug. - Sept.
Distrib. India: On mountain slopes, ravines and stream borders between 3000 and 4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir(Kashmir), Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (Garhwal).
Pakistan, S.W. Russia and W. China (including N. Tibet).
Notes. The twigs are used as fodder for sheep and goats, the wood as fuel and the leaves as an external application to bruises.
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