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TAINIA 



TAMARINDUS 



sized; sepals about the same length, narrow, acutish 

 to acuminate; petals similar to the rear sepal or nar- 

 rower; labellum affixed to the foot of the column, erect, 

 gibbous at base, lateral lobes erect and parallel or 

 clasping the column, the middle lobe spreading, short, 

 broad; pollinia 8. About 14 species, India, S. China, 

 and Malaya. 



Fuerstenbergiana, Schlecht. Tall: pseudobulbs 

 ovoid, about 2 in. long, 1-lvd. : If. erect, petioled, lanceo- 

 late, about 2 ft. long: scape slender, erect, 2 J^-3 ft. tall, 

 bearing a lax 10-15-fld. raceme: fls. about 2 in. across; 

 sepals and petals oblong-ligulate; lip oblong, 3-lobed. 

 Habitat (?). Closely allied to T. penangiana. 



penangiana, Hook. f. Not pseudobulbous : IS. 8-12 

 x 1^-2 in., about equaling the slender petiole: scape 

 twice as long: sepals linear-lanceolate, %in. long, acu- 

 minate; petals narrow, 5-7-nerved, spur shortly conical, 

 obtuse; lip oblong, side lobes subacute, incurved, over- 

 lapping the orbicular, acuminate, crisped midlobe. 

 Penang, Malayan Penins. F. TRACY HUBBARD. 



TAINIOPSIS (like Tainia). Orchidacese. Epiphytic 

 plants, probably adapted to the coolhouse. Roots 

 rather stout, with a short decumbent rhizome : pseudo- 

 bulbs ovoid, slightly 4-angled, finally rugose, at apex 

 2-lvd. : Ivs. elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to 

 the petiole, lightly plicate, 1 ft. or more long: scape 

 lateral from near the base of the pseudobulb, erect, 

 slender, more or less exceeding the Ivs.: infl. simple or 

 slightly branched, laxly several- or many-fld.: sepals 

 ringent, ligulate, rather obtuse, minutely puberulent 

 outside, glabrous inside, lateral recurved, falcate, base 

 broadened; petals obliquely linear, obtuse, recurved, 

 . glabrous, as long as the sepals; labellum curved, mobile, 

 lanceolate-tongue-shaped, apex hastately dilatate with 

 the margins incurved; column medium-sized, broad- 

 ened toward the apex; pollinia 8. One species, Khasia 

 Mts. and Burma, T. barbtita, Schlecht. O. 1915:11. 



F. TRACY HUBBARD. 



TALAUMA (S. American name). Magnoliacex. 

 Evergreen trees, grown occasionally in the warmhouse. 

 Lvs., infl., and seeds as in Magnolia: sepals 3; petals 6 

 to many, imbricate in 2 rows; stamens numerous; car- 

 pels numerous, capitate or spicate, 2-ovuled. About 30 

 species in the tropics of E. Asia, S. Amer., and Japan. 

 Talauma is closely allied to Magnolia, but the carpels 

 are indehiscent and deciduous, while those of Magnolia 

 dehisce dorsally and are persistent. 



Hodgsonii, Hook. & Thorn. Tender evergreen tree, 

 50-60 ft. high, producing Ivs. and fls. at the same time: 

 Ivs. 8-20 x 4-9 in., obovate-oblong, cuspidate or obtuse, 

 leathery, glabrous: fls. cup-shaped, fully 6 in. across and 

 4 in. deep, solitary, terminal; sepals 3-5, purple outside; 

 petals about 6: fr. 4-6 in. long. Himalayas. B.M. 

 7392. The fls. have a spicy odor, hard thick fleshy 

 texture, and the glaucous purplish blue of the sepals 

 contrasts well with the ivory-white of the petals. 

 Hooker ranks this species second in beauty only to 

 Magnolia Campbellii (p. 1969, Vol. IV). T. Hodgsonii 

 grows at an elevation of 5,000-6,000 ft. This fine tree 

 has been flowered at Kew and perhaps elsewhere in 

 Eu., but never in Amer., so far as is known. Many 

 times seeds were received at Kew from India, but they 

 never germinated, the reason being the rapid decay of 

 the albumen, involving that of the embryo. The trees 

 now cult, in Eu. have been derived from young plants 

 sent from India in Wardian cases at considerable 

 expense and risk. WILHELM MILLER. 



TALINUM (possibly a native name in Senegal). 

 Portulacacese. Fleshy herbs, sometimes becoming 

 woody at the base with age, occasionally cult, in the 

 warmhouse. Lvs. alternate or rather opposite, flat: fls. 

 small, in terminal cymes, racemes, or panicles, rarely 

 solitary, axillary, or lateral; sepals 2; petals 5, hypog- 



ynous, ephemeral; stamens 5 to many; ovary many- 

 ovuled: caps, globose or ovoid, chartacepus, 3-valved. 

 About 15 species, widely scattered in the warmer 

 regions. 



The variety of T. patens is a handsome greenhouse 

 shrub, with foliage marked white and sometimes also 

 pink. The young stems are pink and succulent, but 

 they become woody with age. The plant is allied to 

 portulaca and will endure much heat and drought, but 

 is very impatient of overwatering and lack of drainage. 

 The plants bloom freely, the flowers being small, light 

 pink, and followed by small yellow capsules filled with 

 an indefinite number of little brown seeds. Some prefer 

 to retain the sprays of blossom, but to make the best 

 show of foliage the flower-shoots should be cut off as 

 soon as they appear. Talinum is a satisfactory house- 

 plant. It should be placed in a window with a northern 

 exposure or in some other shady position. Talinum 

 may also be planted out during the summer. (W. 

 C. Steele.) 



patens, Willd. Erect subshrub: st. almost simple, 

 1-2 ft. high, leafy to the middle, where the panicle 

 begins: Ivs. mostly opposite, oval, abruptly tapering at 

 the base: panicle terminal, long, leafless, bearing dichot- 

 omous cymes: fls. carmine; petals 3 lines long; sta- 

 mens about 15-20. W. Indies and east coast of S. Amer. 

 to Buenos Ayres. Var. variegatum, Hort. ("Tolinium 

 variegatum," Hort. Basella variegata, Hort.), is prob- 

 ably the plant described as sweet Malabar vine in Vol. 

 I, page 455, of this work. 



triangulare, Willd. Lvs. alternate, obovate-lanceo- 

 late: cymes corymbiferous: pedicels 3-cornered (in T. 

 patens they are filiform): fls. red or white. W. Indies, 

 Brazil, Peru. Var. crassifolium, Hort. (T. crassifolium, 

 Hort.), is said to be taller and more branched: Ivs. 

 larger, often emarginate and mucronate. 



F. TRACY HUBBARD.! 



TAMARACK: Lori*. 



TAMARINDUS (from the Arabic tamar-Hindi, mean- 

 ing "Indian date"). Leguminosse. A tropical genus 

 containing but one species, the well-known tamarind. 

 It is considered to be indigenous to tropical Africa (the 

 upper Nile region) and possibly southern Asia as well. 

 It has long been cultivated throughout the tropics of 

 both hemispheres, being grown both as an ornamental 

 and for its acid fruits, which have many uses. The 

 tamarind became known in Europe during the Middle 

 Ages, doubtless through the Arabians. Until correctly 

 described by Garcia d'Orta (1563) it was supposed 

 by Europeans to be produced by an Indian palm 

 (Dymock). 



Leaves alternate, equally pinnate, the Ifts. small, 

 indefinite in number; stipules minute, caducous: fls. 

 irregular, produced in racemes at the ends of the 

 branches; bracts and bracteoles ovate-oblong, colored, 

 caducous; calyx-tube turbinate, narrow, the segms. 4, 

 imbricate, membranacepus, colored; 3 superior petals 

 imbricate, yellowish, veined with red, 2 inferior reduced 

 to bristles hidden at the base of the staminal tube; 

 fertile stamens 3, connate in a sheath, opening above 

 with short, free filaments, anthers oblong, longitudi- 

 nally dehiscent; ovary many-ovuled, with a stalk adnate 

 to the calyx-tube, the style filiform, stigma terminal, 

 subcapitate: fr. an oblong or linear, compressed, inde- 

 hiscent pod, with a thick, crustaceous epicarp, pulpy 

 mesocarp, and coriaceous endocarp septate between 

 the obpvate-orbicular, compressed seeds; embryo 

 exalbuminous. The genus is distinguished from Schotia, 

 the only ally which seems to be cult, in Amer., by its 

 floral characters. 



indica, Linn. TAMARIND. TAMARINDO. Fig. 3768. 

 A large tree, attaining to 80 ft. in height when grown 

 on deep soils, with a trunk 25 ft. in circum.: bark 

 brownish gray, somewhat shaggy: Ivs. abruptly pin- 



