SECT. II 



PHANEROGAMIA 



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filaments of which are curved and convex below, diminish in length from above 

 downwards. The anthers open by means of terminal pores. The pod is com- 

 pressed and broad and flat. The flowers are borne in racemes in the axils of the 

 leaves of the shrub, which is about a metre high. The bright green, equally 

 pinnate leaves have small stipules at the base (Fig. 636). Tamarindus indica 



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Fio. 63S. — Tamarindus in- 

 dica. Fruit in longitud- 

 inal section. M, tlie rte.shy 

 mesocarp. (After Berg 

 and Schmidt.) Official. 



Fig. 639. — Copa'ifera Langsdurffil. (i nat. size) with a single flower 

 (uat. size) and the fruit (reduced). 



(Fig. 637) is a handsome tree, native to tropical Africa, but now planted throughout 

 the tropics. Its broadly spreading crown of light foliage makes it a favourite 

 shade-tree. The I'acemes of flowers are terminal on lateral twigs bearing equally 

 pinnate leaves. The individual flowers are markedly zygomorphic (Fig. 635 B). 

 The bract and two bracteoles are soon shed. The four sepals have a somewhat 

 cruciform arrangement. The three red- veined, yellowish-white petals stand erect. 

 The tliree stamens are coherent at the base and lie close to the easilv movable 



