Fumaria. DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA, 217 
Tamarind, which I believe is unknown in Bengal ; at least I 
never saw it until I came to this part of the country, 
“ This Tamarind makes a very fine preserve, and yields a 
beautiful deep red colour, approaching to a purple.” 
The leaves are eaten in the curries of the natives, the pulp 
of the fruit is universally known, The seeds ground into a 
flour, are boiled into thick conjee, and used as an article of 
diet by the poor in times of scarcity or famine ; of the same 
flour a tenacious paste is made, which serves “a various eco- 
nomical uses, 
The kernels of the Mango are large, and seem to contain 
much nourishment ; however they are made no use of, except 
like those of the Tamarind, in times of scarcity and famine ; 
they then are boiled in steam, and used as an article of diet. 
DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. 
FUMARIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1154. 
Calyx two-leaved, Corol ringetit.: Filaments two, each 
= three anthers. 
F. parviflora, Willd. iii, p. 868. 
Annual, diffuse, Leaves super-decompound, with smooth, 
filiform divisions, Flowers racemed. Stigma bifid ; ; pericarp 
round, with one round hard seed, 
Beng. Bun Sulpa. 
A native of Bengal, where it appears very common on cul- 
tivated lands in the vicinity of Calcutta, during the cold sea- 
son. It has the habit of F. officinalis but in the Indian plant, 
the ultimate segments of the leaves are filiform and the ue 
ma bifid. 
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