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Schotia Tamarindifolia. Broad- 



Leaved Schotia. 



Oafs and Order. 



Decandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5, calyci inferta lateribus invicem in- 

 cumbentibus claufa. Germ, pedicellatum. Leg. complanatum> 



marginatum. 



Specific Characler and Synonym. 



SCHOTIA tamarindifolia ; foliolis ellipticis retufis margine 



altero excavatis. 

 SCHOTIA tamarindifolia. Afxelius in Herbario Banks. 



Although the leaflets of this plant are considerably broader 

 than in Schotia fpeciofa, more obtufe, even frequently emar- 

 ginate, and rarely mucronate, and have the internal margin 

 hollowed, fo as to give them fomewhat of a kidney fhape, we 

 fhould neverthelefs have been inclined to confider them as 

 mere varieties, had not our learned friend, Prof. Afzrlius, 

 in a paper long fince read before the Linnean Society but not 

 yet publifhed, made them diftincl. The confidence we have 

 in his accuracy will not permit us to doubt but that he had 

 fufficient grounds for fo doing, and perhaps the legumen may 

 afford fufficient diftinftive characters, but unfortunately we 

 have not been able to fee that of S. fpeciofa. In tamarindifolia 

 the legumen is large, broad, extreme'y flattened, much 

 arched, with a remarkable thick margin at both futures, 

 depi&ed with veins, which take their rife from both margins, 

 and branching into a beautiful net-work, entirely cover the 

 fides of the legumen. The germen is pedicellated, but the 



pedicle 



