308 XLVII. § CHSALPINIEH (OLIVER). | Tamarindus. 
terior, 2 lateral), oblong or obovate-oblong, subequal, equal to or but 
slightly exceeding the calyx, narrowed to the base or shortly clawed ; 
2 anterior petals minute, subulate or squamiform. Fertile stamens 3, 
anterior connate nearly half their length, alternating with minute or 
rudimentary staminodia; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary stipitate ; 
style rather stout ae the stamens; stigma terminal, obtuse, 
slightly thickened; ovules 8-10 or more. Legume oblong or linear- 
oblong, curved, or nearly straight, subterete, or compressed; outer 
layer of pericarp thin, crustaceous; inner pulpy traversed by fibres. 
Seeds obovate-elliptical or roundish, compressed, with a thick, shining 
testa, each side marked with-a large faintly defined areole ; albumen 0. 
—Large unarmed forest-tree. Leaves abruptly pinnate, leaflets small, 
coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, reticulate, subsessile, multi-jugate, usually 
in 9-17-21 pairs. Stipules linear, early caducous. Flowers yellowish 
or red-striped in simple or panicled racemes, terminal or lateral 5 
bracts concave caducous; bracteoles valvate enclosing the early bud, 
caducous. 
The Tamarind, the only species of the genus, valued on account of the acid pulp of 
the fruit, would appear to be truly indigenous in Tropical Africa. It is widely diffused, 
however, either under cultivation or naturalized, through the Tropics of both the New 
and Old World. 
1. T. indica, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 488. Wholly glabrous or ex- 
tremities at first thinly pubescent or puberulous, sometimes glauces- 
cent. Leaves A in. long; leaflets }-1}in. Bracts concave }—3 in. 
obovate-elliptical, bracteoles pubescent-margined.—Bot. Mag. 4563 
(7. officinalis, Hook.). 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Princes Island (cult.?), Mann! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Dillon and Petit! Schimper! &c. White Nile, Dr. 
Brownell! Sennaar, Kotschy ! Kordofan (Schweinf. et Asch.). 
Lower Guinea. Cazengo, Angola; spontaneous, but possibly introduced, Dr. 
Welwitsch! Subspontaneous or cultivated elsewhere in Angola. 
South Central. Batoka country, Dr. Kirk. 
Mozamb. Distr. Common in Zambesi valley up to the Batoka country, also on 
the Shire, Dr. Kirk! Usagara, Speke and Grant! 
Dr. Welwitsch collected in Golungo Alto, in a locality where perhaps the Tamarind 
had been formerly cultivated, specimens of a remarkable monstrosity of this species, the 
leaflets being reduced to their midrib, excepting a short expansion of the lamina on the 
lower side at the base. As pointed out to me by Dr. Welwitsch, the seeds appear to be 
singly enclosed in an arilliform envelope, thinly crustaceous when dry, probably derived, 
from the pulpy endocarp. 
23. BAIKIAA, Benth.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 581. 
Calyx-tube turbinate ; segments linear or oblong elongate, thick, 
with narrow imbricating abruptly thinner margins. Petals 5, much 
exceeding the calyx, subequal in length, broadly oblanceolate or 
obovate-spathulate, narrowed gradually into the long-winged claw, 
traversed longitudinally by a stout at length evanescent midrib. Sta- 
mens 10, upper free, rest connate below; tiluments elongate, alter- 
nately silky-pilose below; anthers linear-oblong, versatile, each end 
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