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West Indian Tamarind. Usually a blackish-brown mass, with a 

 distinct odor and strongly acidulous, sweet taste, and in which are 



Fia. 144. Legumes of Cassia Fistula, the one to the right cut to show the trans- 

 verse partitions. 



embedded numerous seeds enclosed in a loose, tough membrane; 

 seeds anatropous, oblong or flattened-quadrangular, 12 to 14 mm. in 



