246 FABACK^. 



H^MATOXYLON, L. {DC. pr. 2, p. 485.) 



1. campechianum, L. {DC. I. c.) Log-wood. 5 Campeche. Cultivated in 

 Jamaica. Fl, small, purple- sulphur, fragrant, Jan. and Feb. ; fr. 

 April and May. Wood exported from America as dyewood. 



Parkinsonia, L. (DC pr. 2, p. 485 ; — W. and A.pr. 1, p. 283.) Jeru- 

 salem Thorn. Genet epineux. 

 1. aculeata, L. {DC. o. c. p. 486 ; — W. and A. o. c. p. 284 ; — Roxb. H. 

 B. p.Z\ ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 6\.) 5 W. Indies. S. America. 

 Domesticated in India. Fl. smallish, sulphur, sweet-scented, and fr. 

 nearly the whole year. 



Ceratonia, L. {DC.pr. 2, p. 486.) 



1. Siliqua, L. {DC. I. c. ;—B. Repos. 9, t. 567 i—Gartn. fr. 2, p. 310, 

 t. 146, f. 1.) Carob Tree. 5 S.Europe. N. Africa. Levant. Fl. 

 small, brownish yellowish, C. S. ; fr. 0. Flesh of the pod of a mild 

 sugary taste, nourishing, gently aperient, and much eaten by the peo- 

 ple where the tree grows. In Egypt a syrup is prepared from it, and 

 used to preserve other fruits. {A. Richard.) Prof. Lindley has re- 

 commended, through Dr. Royle, the introduction of this tree into the 

 northern parts of India, especially into such places as are occasion- 

 ally visited by famine. The plant seeking its nourishment under 

 ground, is so independent of surface irrigation and so retentive of life, 

 that according to M. Bove, a tree supposed to be 300 years old, 

 which was cut down during the French invasion of Egypt, sprang up 

 again thirty years after on weUs being sunk in its neighbourhood. 

 The crop of the Carob trees is very abundant, some of them yielding 

 from 800 to 900 pounds of pods. Prof. Lindley adds, that during, 

 the Peninsula war, the horses of the British cavalry often thrived upon 

 the seeds of the Carob trees. The same is the case with cattle, 

 mules, and asses in Egypt, Syria, and S. Europe. {Loud, encycl. of 

 pl. p. 8«8.) 



Hardwickia, Roxb. {DC.pr. 2, p. 486 -^—W. and A.pr. \,p. 284.) 



1. binata, Roxb. {Coram. 3, t. 209 ;— /. ind. 2, p. 423 ;— DC. a. c. p. 

 487,— fV. and A. I. c.;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pl.p. 61.) L. b Moun- 

 tains of Coromandel. Guzelhete-pass. Common in Lulling-pass, be- 

 tween Malligaura and Dhoolea. Fl. small, yellowish. Introduced 

 into H. C. G. in 1800, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



2. pinnata, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 425 ^—DC. pr. 2, p. 487 ;—}¥. and A. 

 pr. 1, p. 284.) b Travancore. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1809, but 

 had not 11. up to 1814. 



JoNEsiA, Roxb. (DC. pr. 2, p. 487 -.—W. and A. pr. I, p. 284.) 



1. Asoca, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 218 ;— DC /. c. ;—W. and A. I. c. ;—J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pl. p. 62 ;— B. M. 57, t. '30\8 i-^ Wight, icon. 1, /. 

 206.— J. pinnata, Willd. — Saraca arborescens, Burm. ind. t. 25, /. 2. 

 — S. indica. L.—Rheed. 5, t. 59.) ^5|r«rt^ Ushok. Coromandel. 

 Ram Ghaut. Martaban. Khassya Mountains, Assam. Fl. smallish, 



