TALAUMA 



fiuely with the ivory white of the petals. This species 

 is a native of the Himalavas, a regiou which is perhaps 

 richer in handsome niaKiiolia-like trees than any other 

 area of equal size in the world. Hooker ranks this 

 species second in beauty only to Maijiiolia CampheUi. 

 T. Hodgsoni grows at an elevation of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. 



This fine tree has been flowered at Kew and perhaps 

 elsewhere in Europe, but never in America, so far as is 

 known. Time and time a^'aiii s,-.-.ls were received at 

 Kew from India, linl tli. , i,. . i _, i mii, ,h d, the reason 

 being the rapid .1' ■ '. " .:| vin- that of 



the embryo. Tin , , ., , , m I :urn|ic have 



been derived fr 



Wardian cases at f.jii.^i.l 



Talauma is closely alllt 

 are indehiscent and decii 

 dehisce dorsallyand are i 

 of about 15 species of tre 

 of the tropics of eastern As 



I . irom Imlia in 



.. ;n,.; risk. 



Iki, liut the carpels 

 r iliMse of Magnolia 

 Trilaiimais a genus 

 ,.:.., mostly natives 

 >nth America; also 



Japan. Leaves, inflorescence and seeds as in Magnolia: 

 sepals .3; petals 6 or more in 2 or more whorls: .stamens 



ovuled, .spiked or capitate; carpels woody, sep.araTing 

 from the woody axis at the ventral suture and leaviui; 

 the seeds suspended from the latter by an elastic cord. 

 H6dg30ni, Hook. & Thom. Tender, evergreen tree, 

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

 Ivs. 8-20x4-9 in., obovate-oblong, cuspidate or ol)tuse, 

 leathery, glabrous: fls. solitary, terminal: sepals 3-5, 

 purple outside: petals about 6: fr. 4-6 in. long. Hima- 

 layas. B.M. 7392. -^^ jl. 



TALINTTM (possibly a native name in Senegal). Por- 

 tithi<!(lceie. A dozen or more species of fleshy herbs 

 widely scattered in the warmer regions. With aee 

 they sometimes become w.i.nly at tin- l.aM-. Lvs. alii i ■ 

 nate or subopposite, flat : lU. -inalLin terminal r\iii.'~, 



sepals 2; petals 5, hypogynuu^, f|.li.im ral ; ,-taiiirns :,- 



a|i'\; .ap^ule globose or ovoid, chartaceous, H-valved ; 

 s.'.()s vii)iL;I'iii(.se or laterally compressed, somewhat 

 ki.lm-y-shap.d, shining. 



pMens, WiUd. Erect suhslin.I.: stem almnst sim- 

 ple, 1-2 ft. high, leafy to th.- inhi.ll>. ulin-,. il,,. iianicle 

 begins: lvs. mostly oppo.sit'. .nal. nLrupily laiiningat 

 the base: panicle terminal, 1"Iil'. 1. ail.-^. iMarini; di- 

 chotomous cymes: Hs. .•armiTi.' ; pclal^ :; lin.-^ long; 

 stamens 

 S. Amer 

 {"Tollin, 



Hort. ),is th.- plant des.TilMMl as fSwect Malabar Vine 

 in Vol. 1, page 133, of this work. -^7 jj 



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

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

 jmtfiix' thev are filiform): fls. red or white. West 

 Indies. Urazil. Peru. Var. crassifolium, H.irf. (7'. 



list of 



variegatun 



rgei 



, ofte 



jrreenhouse shrub, with foliage marked white and some- 

 times also pink. Tlie young stems are pink and succu- 

 lent, but they become woody with age. The plant is 

 allied to Portulaca and will endure much heat and 

 drought, hut is very impatient of ovt-rwaterin;; .and 

 lack of drainage. The plants i,i,,Mni fria-lv, thr lis. I,,- 

 ing small, light pink and f,.llMW.-,l i,v sn.ali. v.'l.nv rai- 

 sules filled with an indetinjt- ininil..T ..f littl,- l.n.wii 

 spfds. Some prefer to retain the sprays of Idossom. 

 lint t.. make the best show of foliage the flower-shoots 

 sh'Mild I,,- cut otf as soon as they appear. Talinuni is 

 a s:,iisfart.n V 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 dur- 

 ing the summer. -^ C Steele. 



TALIPOT PALM. See Corypha nmbraciilifem. 



TALLOW SHKUB. Myrlca eerifera . TALLOW 

 TREE, Chinese, Siipium sebiferum. 



TALLOW WOOD. Enealyptus microcorijs. 



TAMARINDUS 



Tamarindus. 



TAMARACK. 

 TAMARIND. 



TAMARlNDUS (From Arabic, meaning" Indian date"). 

 Lefjuiiiinbsw. The Tamarind, Fig. 24G1, is an exception- 

 ally beautiful and useful tropical tree. It attains a great 

 height, ha.s acacia-like foliage and yellow flowers about 

 an inch across in clusters of 8 or lU. The Tamarind is 

 cultivated everywhere in the tropics but its native 

 country is uncertain, probably either Africa or India. 

 As an ornamental shade tree it is considered by trav- 

 elers as one of the noblest in the tropics. Hooker 



^n 



Short-podded or West Ind 



has well described its ''vast, dense and bushy head of 

 branches, thickly clothed with light and feathery foli- 

 age." The Tamarind is grown out of doors in southern 

 Fla. and Calif, and young plants are said to be desir- 

 able for the decoration of windows and conservatories 

 in northern countries. 



The p..ds of th.- Tamarind, which are thick, linear 

 and :!-(! in. hni^. .a.ntaiii a i>leasant acid pulp much 

 used tliri'uu'hmtt rhi- tr'.|,i<-s as the basis of a cooling 

 diink. Till- pnl|. is als,. iis.d in medicine, being rich in 

 fitniiir and inityri.- acnis. It is laxative and refrigerant, 

 and is als,. \i~(d t., pnii.ar. a ^'artrle for sore throat. 

 Tlie j.nlp ..r 111.- Taniarin.l is -i-nerally called the 



ienof 



i the 



