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DICOTYLEDONS 



large reddish stipules wliicli become scarious after a time and 

 are shed. Leaflets ten to tifteen pair, oblique, oblong, entire, 

 emarginate at the apex, glabrous. Flowers in lax racemes. 



Fig. 40. — Branch of the Tamarind tree with fruits. 



Bracts deciduous. 

 k 



Receptacle hollowed. Sepals four. Petals 

 three. Stamens three, connate at their 

 base and showing marks of six or seven 

 rudimentary stamens. Pod with a brittle 

 exocarp, a pulpy sour mesocarp and each 

 seed enveloped in a hard endocarp. 



The Indian Laburnum {Cassia fistula; 

 Kan. Konde; Mai. Konue; Tarn. Kovrai; 

 Tel. Pielacettu; San. Suvarnaka) is one of 

 the most beautiful jungle trees when in 

 full flower. The fragrant, golden flowers 

 hanging down in long, drooping racemes 

 appear after the flrst niins together with 

 the pinnate leaves which the tree sheds in 

 the cold season. Sepals and petals each 

 Ave. Petals almost equal, imbricate in bud and rested on the 



Fig-. 4 1. — Flowf-r of 

 (lassia- Ic. Calyx, 

 c. Corolla. a. Long- Sta- 

 mens, a'. The shorter 

 stamen^, s. Sterile 

 stamens, f. Pistil. 



