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under side, usually folded up (at least in the dried specimen) and resembling 
E outer accessory stipule. Racemes axillary ; pedicels subtended by a 
ractea. 
882. (1) H. Brunonis (Wall.:) branchlets solid, equal: leaflets 2. pair, 
cuneate-oblong, with a short obtuse acumination: back-lobe of the stipules 
nearly equal-sided, and rounded on both sides: petals 3.— Wall. pl. as. rar. 
3. p. 17. t. 233 ; L. n. 2332.—H. tripetala, herb. Heyne. Malabar? ; Heyne. 
*883. (2) H. laurifolia (Vahl :) branchlets tumid ; joints fistulose : leaflets 
3-5 pair, ovate-oblong, acuminated: back lobe of the stipules longer than 
the other and acute: petals 5.—Vahl, symb. 3. p. 106; DC. prod. 2. p. 488 ; 
Spr. syst. 1. p. 794; R. Brown in Wall. pl. As. rar. 3. p. 17.—Batschia lauri- 
folia, Vahl, l. c. p. 39. t. 56. : 
We insert this, although only hitherto found in Ceylon, because it proba- 
bly also occurs in the Peninsula. 
LXXXIV. TAMARINDUS. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 25. 
Calyx tubular at the base: limb bilabiate, reflexed: upper lip 3-partite ; 
lower broad, 2-toothed. Petals 3, alternating with the segments of the upper 
lip of the calyx ; two of them ovate, the middle one cucullate. Stamens 9-10 ; 
7 very short and sterile ; the others (2-8) longer, monadelphous, bearing an- 
thers. Style subulate. Legume stalked, linear, more or less curved, slightly 
compressed, 1-celled, 3-12-seeded, the sarcocarp pulpy. Seeds compressed, 
bluntly 4-angled, obliquely truncated at the hilum.— Trees. Leaves abrupt- 
ly pinnated ; leaflets many pair. Flowers racemose. 
884. (1) T. Indica (Linn.)—Linn. sp. p. 48 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 488 ; Spr. 
syst. 8. p. 158 ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 215 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1081; Wall. ! 
L. n. 5824; Wight! cat. n. 916.—T. occidentalis, Gertn. fr. 2. p. 310. t. 
146 ; DC. l. c., p. 489.—Rheed. Mal. 1. t. 23 5 Rumph. Amb. 2. t. 23. 
Gertner and Roxburgh consider the West Indian species as distinct from 
that from the East: the only character, however, lies in the pod, the T. 
orientalis having it elongated and 6-12 seeded, the other short and 3—4- 
seeded. De Candolle also believes this difference to be constant: but as 
both kinds of legumes are found in the Peninsula, we are inclined to regard 
them more as varieties from cultivation, than as naturally distinct. 
LXXXV. CASSIA. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 932. 
tals 5, more or 
Sepals 5, combined at the base, more or less unequal. Pe à 
less unequal. Stamens 10, distinct; the 3 upper rarely fertile, usually with 
anthers of a different shape from the others and abortive; very rarely only 
4-7, and all fertile: anthers dehiscing at the apex by two pores or clefts. 
Ovary stalked. Legume terete or compressed, several seeded.— Trees, shrubs, 
or herbaceous plants. Leaves simply and abruptly pinnated ; leaflets oppo- 
site. Petioles often bearing glands. 
$1. fius DO Sepal very obtuse: ` Antherè ovate, WEA Pat oH Le- 
gumes terete or compressed, indehiscent, woody, many-celled, with — 
verse partitions : the cells 1-seeded, filled with pulp. Seeds elliptical, 
somewhat compressed, horizontal (i. e. transverse with respect to the 
valves.) —Trees. Flowers large, racemose. 
885. (1) C. Fistula (Linn.:) small tree with usually smooth bark : leaflets 
