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TAMARINDUS 



elds a handsome furniture 

 ellowish wliite. sometimes with red 

 d close-grained; heart-wood dark pur- 



very aci.l, U |r,„,n .1 "ir an. I a ii.l i^ added. Alsc 



that an i-\.'.i l.ni |.r.-r r\-. i- nn|i.Ti..: from Cura<;oa, 

 which i^ mad.' liMin III.- ii!iia|i.' p.i.l- [nTserved in su- 

 gar with ili.- a.l.liiiun 1.1 ~|.i.a-. 11... i;a~i Indian Tama 

 rind has U,un (.oU»; the \\\;.,i liidiau shurt ones. 



The Tamarind 

 wood. It is 

 streaks, hard 



Botanically, the flower of the Tamarind is rather dif- 

 ficult to understand. It is far reniovi^d from the sweet 

 pea type, which is the one a northerner commonly 

 thinks of as typical of the h'^-inne family. At first 



glance il i~ a |...l.' 1.1I..H I1..-1-. .I'.i.iii ail 'ill. -Ii aiT<iss 



withd ..!■ : I" •■■: ■ - ' , ,1. ,;,, , ■, ,, ,i. On 



closer ^iim; . i .■, . . . -:. i, ■ • i.,.,'i~ are 



sepals, « IN. I. .,,■■ an |. II. ... 11.... In. I n.i ^.■illed 



parts ale l..-l,.l.-., hIuI.- liir ..l.iitrl m.. 1.,-i.aU ihat the 



student expects to hud, are reduced to mere bris- 

 tles hidden in the flower at the base of the staminal 

 tube. Only 3 [of the stamens are fertile, the other 6 

 being small and rudimentary. These floral characters 

 distinguish Tamarindus from allied genera, of which 

 only Schotia seems to be cult, in America. 



Tamarinds can be raised from cuttings but more 

 easily by seeds, although they are of slow growth. 



Indica, Linn. {T. off:,- in, Vis. Hook.). TAMARrxD. 



Fig. 'HM. Tender evergreen tree, attaining a Ijeiirht id' 



80 ft., wirli a circumference id 



2462. Tamarix parviflori 



often anipl 



petals 4-.-I 

 times sligli 



\\lii.h are verv fine 

 1 1.1 I.I only slightly 

 .1- usually by cuttings 

 I w... ..1 or greenwood 

 inder glass. 

 (iO species from the 

 nean region to E. 

 1 .Inpan. Shrubs or 



surrounded at the 

 capsule, dehiscent in 

 with a tuft of hairs 

 medicinal propertii- 

 tures of an insect. ( 

 n ifera to produce '' n 

 T. Germanica, Lii 



ingui 

 lalf. 



and bv the 3 ■ 



FIs. 4 



spreaaing, pc 



BB. Jji's. ptihescent 



, parvifldra, DC. ( r. (c^rrfnda, vai 



I K.is.liy). Pig. 2462. Shrub o 



111 reddish brown bark and 



I : Ivs. ovate, acuminate. 



Gallica 



juniperina 



. Chinensis 

 . Odessana 

 . hispida 



;!. GAUica. I, inn. ( V. /.. „'.m,./,-.i. Pa 

 Sieb. T. Ctnan.u.s,.-.. Will.l, r. A 



with scarious margin: fis. white oi 

 sessile, in slender, panicled racemes; |. 

 filaments dil.ited at the base; disk n 

 Inl,r-,1 : vf.-i...,- ;. ;\Iay-.TuIy. W. En. 



■I ' -■ 111. lira, 'l-;hn.nl.. ( V, /,/./o', 



