TALAUMA 



richer in handsome magnolia-like trees than any other 

 area of equal size in the world. Hooker ranks this 

 •species second in beauty only to Magnolia CamphelU. 

 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 again seeds were received at 

 Kew from India, but they never germinated, the reasoii 

 being the rapid decay of the albumen, involving that of 

 the embryo. The trees now cultivated in Europe have 

 been derived from vii^-rj- p'-ir'- «.nt from India in 



Wardian cases at .■-!:■ ' ' ' - "-f and risk. 



Talauma is clos, I , i : I ia, but the carpels 



areindehiscentaii.l ,i . , , ^. ;l- those of Magnolia 

 dehisce dorsallyand :,r. i- .-i-i^ m. Talauma is a genus 

 of about 15 species of trees and shruli--. iiiMstly nativis 

 of the tropics of eastern Asia and 8"\iih Ain-nr;,; also 

 Japan. Leaves, Inflorescence and sei'K a- in .^laL-imlia: 

 sepals 3; petals 6 or more in 2 or more wIimiI~; ^tauitns 

 very numerous, in many series: ovarifs iiuletinite. 2- 

 ovuled, spiked or capitate; carpels woody, separating 

 from the woodv axis at the ventral suture and leaving 

 the seeds suspended from the latter by an elastic cord. 

 H6dgS0ni, Hook. & Thorn. Tender, evergreen tree, 

 50-00 ft. high, producing Ivs. and fls. at the same time: 

 Ivs. 8-20x4-9 in., obovate-oblong, cuspidate or obtuse, 

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

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

 layas. B.M. 7392. AV. M. 



TALtNUM (possibly a native name in Senegal ) . For- 

 tulaciice<e. A dozen or more species of fleshy herbs 

 widely scattered in the warmer regions. With age 

 they sometimes become woody at the base. Lvs. alter- 

 nate or subopposite, flat: fls. small, in terminal cymes, 

 racemes or panicles, rarely solitary, axillary or lateral; 

 sepals 2; petals 5, hypogynous, ephemeral; stamens 5- 

 many: ovary manv-ovuled; style 3-cut or 3-grooTed at 

 apex"; capstile globose or ovoid, chartaceous, 3-vaIved; 

 seeds subglobose or laterally compressed, somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, shining. 



pitens, Willd. Erect subshrub: stem almost sim- 

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

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

 the base: panicle terminal, long. Ifati""-, I'-ariiii? di- 

 chotomous cymes: fls. carmine; i"':,i, ; ; i, - i-nir; 

 stamens about 15-20. West Indi.- : ..( 



S. Amer. to Buenos Ayres. Var. va i ir^afir, , ll"it. 

 {"Tolinmm variegatum," Hort. /•'■ ''". 



Hort.), is the plant described as Sweit Malabar Vine 

 in Vol. I, page 133, of this work. W. M. 



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

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

 pa(e)!s' they are filiform): fls. red or white. ^\ est 

 Indies. Brazil. Peru. Var. crassifdUum, Hort. ( r. 

 crassifolium. Hort. I, is said to be taller and more 

 branched: lvs. larger, often emarginate and mucronate. 

 Talimim patens, var. variegatum. is a handsome 

 greenhouse shrub, with foliage marked white and some- 

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

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

 allied to Portulaca and will endure much heat anc 

 drought, but is verv impatient of overwatering ami 

 lack of drainage. The plants bloom freely, the fls. la- 

 ing small, light pink and followed bv small, yellow cap 

 sules filled with an indefinite nunibpr of littlr- hrmvu 

 seeds. Some prefer to retain the sprays nf lil-i^-om. 

 but to make the best show of foli.ige the tl..w. r ii>".t- 

 should be cut off as soon as they appear. Talinnm i^ 

 a satisfactorv house plant. It .should be pla'ad m a 

 window with a northern exposure or in some other 

 shady position. Talinum may also be planted out dur- 

 ing the strmmer. W. C. Steele. 

 TALIPOT PALM. See Corypha u mb ra cult f era. 



TALLOWWOOD. Eiicahjptiis microcorxjs. 



TAMARINDUS 



TAMARACK. St 

 TAMARIND. S< 



TAMAKtNDTTS' 



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 



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ivii'w^'-'ff'^' 



2461. Tamarind — TamarinduB 



Indica (XVa). 

 Short-podded or West Indian 



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

 branches, tbi.-klv clothed with light and feathery foli- 

 age." The Taiiiariiid is grown Out of doors in southern 

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

 able f'.r til.- d. ration of windows and conservatories 



Till- 1"hK <.f the Tamarind, which are thick, linear 

 ana :;-!. 111. long, contain a pleasant acid pulp much 

 n-.a tlir.iu^'bout the tropics as the basis of a cooling 

 ill-ink. The pulp is also used in medicine, being rich in 

 f.it-niic and butyric acids. It is laxative and refrigerant, 

 and is also used to prepare a gargle for sore throat. 

 The pulp of the Tamarind is generally called the 

 "fruit" or "Tamarind" and the pod is spoken of as the 

 "shell." In the East Indies the shell is removed and 

 the pulp simplv pressed together into a mass. The 

 Tamarinds of the Malayan Archipelago are considered 

 better than those of India. They are preserved without 

 sugar, being merely dried in the sun. They are ex- 

 ported from one island to another and when sent to 

 Europe are cured in salt. In the West Indies the fruit 

 is prepared bv removing the shell and placing alternate 

 lavers of fruit and sugar in a .jar and then pouring 

 bo"iling svrup over the mass. McFadyen says th.it in 



