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1. Saraca indica, Liiai. A/audsf;. (17G7j j). 08. A tree 2i)-'Ai) i'[. 

 high; branches ghibrous. Leaves 'i 10 iii. long; rhachia glabrous, 

 ctn'ky at the base; petioles very short ; stipules intrapetiolar, completely 

 united, |-^ by \ in,, scarious, ovate-oblong, obtui^e, parallel-nerved. 

 Jjeaflets 4-G pairs, 4-8 by l|-2^ if^-, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, 

 <]uite glabrous, base rounded or cuneate, slightly oblique ; petiolule* 

 t'V~T "^* ^""S' stout, wrinkled ; stipels deciduous. Flowers fragrant, 

 numerous, in dense axillary corymbs 3-4 in. across ; peduncles stout ; 

 pedicels j-l in. long, red, glabrous ; bracts ovate, subacute ; bracteoles 

 2, appearing like a calyx, ^ in. lf)ng, spathulate-oblong, subacute, 

 ciliolate, amplexicaul, colored. Calyx ])assing iroin yellow to orange 

 and finally red ; tube |-|- in. long, cylindric, solid at the base ; 

 segments 4, oblong or obovate-oblong, i] in. long. Petals (>. fStameus 

 7 or 8, much exsertod ; filaments filiform, thrice as long as the calyx- 

 segraeufs ; anthers purple. Ovary pubescent, especially on the sutures ; 

 style curved into a ring. Pods black, 4-10 by 1|— 2 in., linear-oblong, 

 tapering to both ends, compressed, glabrous, veined. Seeds 4-8, 

 ellipsoid-oblong, 1^ in. long, slightly compressed. Fl. B.I. v. 2, p. 271 ; 

 Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 57; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 114; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2/ p. 145; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1S98) 

 p. 427 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 2, p. 475. Jonesia Asoka, 

 Roxb. in As. lies. v. 4 (1795) p. 355 ; Grab. Cat. p. 02 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 82. — Flowers : Dec-May. Vern. A'shok ; Jdsvant. 



A very handsoine tree when in full flower. Konkan : Stocks !, Laiv I ; S. Konkaii 

 Gliats, common, Bahdl cf" Gibson; VY. Ghats, widely, Woodrow; Salsntte, Graham, 

 Dkccan: Lanoli grove, Graham, Woodrowl S. M. Country: boltoni of Ramghat, 

 lii/chic, '27i\j\ Kanaka: evergreen forests of N. Kanara, soiiietimes planted, Talhnt ; 

 Kala naddi jungles, Ritchie, 256 I — Distrib. India (Central and Eastern Himalaya, 

 East Benpal, Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malaya. 



Tlie bark is used in native medicine. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. I. c. 



Yk'r.. puhcmla, Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beug. v. Qyi (1808) p. 489. 

 Leaf-rhachis, peduncles and pedicels puberulous to pubescent. 

 Kanaka : fide Prain /. c. 



69. TAMARINDUS, Linn. 



An unarmed tree. Leaves abruptly-pinnate ; stipules minute, 

 caducous. Leaflets small, multijugate. Flowers in racemes at the 

 apices of the branches ; bracts and bracteoles ovate-oblong, colored, 

 caduc ous. Calyx-tube turbinate ; segments 4, much imbricate, mem- 

 brane us. Petals: the 3 upper only developed, the 2 lower reduced to 

 scales. Stamens monadelphous, only 3 developed, the others reduced 

 to m( re bristles at the top of the sheath ; anthers oblong, dehiscing 

 longil udinally. Ovary stalked, the stalk adnate to the calyx-tube ; 

 o\T.ilts many; style elongate: stigma capitate. Pod linear-oblong, 

 incuived, subcompressed, indehiseent, \\itli a brittle crustaceous epicarp 

 and thick pulpy mesocarp. Seeds exalbuminous. — Distrib. Species 1, 

 now planted everywhere throughout the Tropics. 



1. Tamarindus indica, Linn. 8p. PI. (1753) p. 34. A large tree 

 40- (50 ft. high ; branches spreading, glabrous. Leaves 2-5 in. long ; 

 rhachis slender, channelled ; stipules linear, caducous. Leaflets sub- 

 sessile, 10-20 pairs, tolerably closely set on the rhachis, g-lj by i-j in., 



