FABACE^., OR LEGUMINOS^. 



the other 2-3 longer, monadelphous, bearing anthers. Style 

 subulate. Legume stalked, linear, more or less curved, slightly 

 compressed, 1 -celled, 3-12-seeded, the endocarp pulpy. Seeds 

 compressed, bluntly 4-angled, obliquely truncated at the hilum. 

 Trees. Leaves abruptly pinnated ; leaflets many pair. Flowers 

 racemose. W. and A, 



552. T. indica Linn, sp.pl 48. Roxb.fl. ind. iii. 215. DC. 

 prodr. ii. 488. W. and A. i. 285. Woodv. t. 166. 8. and C. 



11. t. 88. T. occidental Gtertn. t. 146. DC. 1. c. 489. 

 (Rheede i. t. 23. Humph, ii. t. 23.) East Indies, and West 

 Indies. (Tamarind Tree.) 



Leaves pinnate. Leaflets from 10 to 15 pair, opposite, sub-sessile, 

 tapering a little, entire, obtuse, smooth on both sides, the inferior pair 

 larger; petioles channelled, from 4 to 6 inches long; stipules small, 

 deciduous. Racemes terminal and lateral. Bractes obovate, coloured, 

 1-flowered, deciduous. Calyx 4-leaved, cruciate, expanding, deciduous. 

 Corolla somewhat papilionaceous, erect, unilateral, the length of the 

 calyx. Vexillum, or middle petal oblong, its margins involute and 

 curled ; wings oval, margins curled ; all 3 are beautifully variegated with 

 red and yellow ; keel 2 short subulate processes under the stamens ; 

 filaments 3, combined, inserted under the ovary, ascending. Anthers 

 incumbent. There are the rudiments of 4 more filaments in the fissures 

 and outsides of the 3 fertile ones. Ovary stalked, linear, with the style 

 much incurved. Legume pendulous, nearly linear, generally curved, 

 somewhat compressed, filled with firm, acid pulp, covered with a hard 

 scabrous bark, which never separates into valves; under the bark 

 run 3 fibres, 1 down the upper concave margin, and the other 2 

 at equal distances from the inferior, or convex edge. Seeds from 6 to 



12, somewhat trapeziform, compressed, covered with a smooth, hard, 

 brown shell, and inserted into the convex side of the pericarp. The 

 pulp of the fruit is cooling o and laxative. The leaves are subacid and 

 according to Prosper Alpinus were employed by the Arabians as an 

 anthelmintic. 



HYMENvEA. 



Calyx with 2 bracts at the base ; tube turbinate, coriaceous ; 

 limb 4-5-parted, deciduous, with 2 lobes sometimes united in 1. 

 Petals 5, nearly equal, glandular. Stamens 10, distinct, inflated 

 in the middle. Style filiform. Legume woody, oblong, many- 

 seeded, containing faecula. Embryo straight. Trees. Leaves 

 bifoliolate. Flowers corymbose. 



553. H. Courbaril Linn sp. pi. 537. Vahl. eel. ii. 30. Lam. 

 illustr. t. 330. f. 1. DC. prodr. ii. 511. Macfady. fl. jjam. 

 i. 349. Tropical parts of America ; common in Jamaica. 



A lofty spreading tree. Extremities of the branchlets terete, marked 

 with long, ferruginous, reticulated scales. Leaves alternate, stalked, 

 binate ; leaflets oblong, unequal at the base, entire, obtusely acuminate, 

 coriaceous, nerved, somewhat veiny, dark green above, paler with 

 minute dark green dots beneath. Panicles terminal, stalked. Bracts 

 somewhat membranous, deciduous. Sepals 4, deciduous, one of them 



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