SKCT. II 



1'H. \\KKOGAMIA 



603 



Tlie lower overlapping petals are somewhat larger than the upper ones. Of the 

 ten stamens the three upper ones are short and sterile while the other seven, the 

 filaments of which are curved and convex below, diminish in length from above 

 downwards. The anthers open by means of terminal pores. The pod is com- 

 pressed and broad and Hat. The (lowers are borne in racemes in the axils of the 



KKI. ii34. TaiiKiritiiliis in- 

 dica. Fruit in longitud- 

 inal section. M, the fleshy 

 mesocarp. (Aft<>r BER<; 

 and SCHMIDT.) Orfn-i.u.. 



<.. i>3"'. -i'n/,/i'/j','i'ii I.Hiiiixilnrffii. (J Mat. size) witli a single flower 

 (nat. size) and tlie fruit (reduced). 



leaves of the shrub, which is about a metre high. The bright green, equally 

 pinnate leaves have small stipules at the base (Fig. 632). Tamarindus indicn 

 (Fig. 633) is a handsome tree, native to tropical Africa, but now planted throughout 

 the tropics. Its broadly spreading crown of light foliage makes it a favourite 

 shade-tree. The racemes of flowers are terminal on lateral twigs bearing equally 

 pinnate leaves. The individual flowers are markedly zygomorphic (Fig. 631 B}. 

 The bract and two bracteoles are soon shed. The four sepals have a somewhat 



