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LF.GUMINOSAi. 



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matured underground) ; Cassia Fistula (cylindrical, inde- 

 Iiiscent, divided by spurious transverse plates developed 

 from the endocarp into one-seeded cells); Giiilandina (de- 

 hiscent, prickly) ; Entada (huge, sword-shaped, indehiscent, 

 several feet in length, the valves separating into one-seeded 

 articles, which fall from the thickened and consolidated 

 sutures) ; Taviarindus, the Tamarind (indehiscent, with the 

 seeds immersed in an acid pulp); Albizzia Lebbek (thin and 

 jiapery legumes, breaking up into one-seeded articles) 



V\c,. 126. Tamarind {Tamarntdns indica) : a detached legume to the left About 

 one-third natural size. 



Tlie seeds of Leguminosce are generally exalbuminous, 

 but in a few genera, as Cassia, some albumen is present. 

 Of species serviceable to man we can here notice but few. 



