358 BOTANY. 



TETRADYNAMIA. SILIQUOSA; 



- Cardamine antiscorbutica. Scurvy Grass. Pitcairn 

 Island. Society Group. 



Sisymbrium nasturtium. St. Helena. 



MONADELPHIA. TRIANDRIA. 



Tamirindus Indica. Tamarind tree. This is a very 

 ornamental tree, which, from its stately and umbrageous 

 growth, as well as from the vivid light-green colour 

 and elegantly pinnated character of its foliage, always 

 forms a refreshing feature in an Oriental landscape. 

 The flowers it bears are small; their colour light- 

 yellow, streaked with red. The fruit (which is pro- 

 duced in great abundance) is a long brown loment, 

 with a hard and brittle rind ; the pulp it contains is 

 firm and green, and is intensely acid when unripe, but 

 gradually assumes the soft, brown, and more saccharine 

 state in which it invests the mature seeds. The wood, 

 foliage, and indeed all parts of the tree have a very acid 

 taste. In the East Indies, the acid of the fruit is used 

 to preserve fish, which, under the name of "tamarind- 

 fish," is eaten as a condiment with boiled rice. 



Island of Timor ; Malayan name keu. 



MONADELPHIA. PENTANDRIA. 



Waltheria Americana. A watery infusion of the 

 recent root of this plant is used by the native physL 

 cians as a drastic purgative. 



Sandwich isles ; native name weroa. 



MONADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. 



Barringtonia speciosa. This is a sturdy umbrageous 

 tree, often growing on the sea-shore, at the water's 

 edge. Its leaves are large, entire, and obovate. Its 



