containing a great quantity of pu/p mixed with coarse fibres. 
Seeds very hard, rich brown, subrhomboidal. W. J. H. 
Cuxr. The Tamarind is a large, spreading, hard-wooded tree, 
a native of the East and West Indies, and, on the authority of 
the ‘Hortus Kewensis,’ appears to have been grown in this 
country more than 200 years ago. It requires to be kept in a 
warm stove, and thrives in a mixture of loam and leaf-mould. 
Towards the end of the winter it sheds its leaves; it will then 
need but little water, just sufficient to keep the soil from be- 
coming quite dry, but when the young leaves begin to unfold, 
and during the summer, it must be watered freely. It can be 
increased by cuttings, but more readily by seeds, which are 
often received from the East and West Indies: these should be 
sown in a hotbed or a warm part of the stove, and, when about 
an inch high, transplanted into separate pots, shifting them into 
larger ones as the plants increase in size. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Stamen and two sete. 2. Pistil:—doth magnified. 
