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orange-scarlet, during the night fragrant, March and April ; fr. Aug. 

 and Sept. 

 2. scandens, Roxb. (Jl. ind. 2, p. 220.) B <^ Sumatra. Introduced 

 into H. C. G. in 1804, but had not fl. up to 1814. 

 J. triandra, Roxb. {fl. ind. 2, p. 220.) Malay Archipelago, is not 

 mentioned in Roxb. H. B. 



Dalhousiea, Grab. {Wall. Cat.) 



I. bracteata. Grab. {Wight, icon. 1, /. 265. — Podalyria bracteata, Roxb. 

 fl. ind. 2, />. 317.) L. S Khassya Mountains. Fl. large, white. In 

 H. C. G. fl. May and June. ; fr. Dec. and Jan. {Roxb.) 



Amheustia, Wall. {pi. as. rar. \,p. 1.) 



1. nobilis. Wall. {pi. as. rar. I. c.) b Martaban. Woods near Pogoon. 

 Fl. very large, scarlet, variegated with white and yellow. Fl. in 

 March ; fr. 0. 



Tamarindus, L. {DC.pr. 2, p. 488 ;— fT. and A.pr. \,p. 285.) 



I. indica, L. {DC. L c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb.fl. ind. 3, p. 215 ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 62.— T. occidentalis, Gartn.fr. 2, p. 310, t. 146, 

 /. 2;— DC. 0. c. p. 489;— Jacq. amer. p. 10. t. 10. and t. 179, f. 

 198 -.—Rheed. l,t.23 ,—Rumph. 2, t. 23.) f^lft Tin.tooree. ^t^f^ 

 Amli. — Tamarind- tree. L. b Moluccas. Both Peninsulas of India. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Assam. Fl. middle-sized, somewhat orange, 

 streaked with scarlet, slightly sweet-scented. May and June ; fr. 

 Jan. and Feb. — Wood durable, hard, beautifully veined. Leaves eaten 

 by the natives in their curries. Pulp of the fruit slightly aperient. 

 Kernels, like those of the mangoe, eaten in times of scarcity and 

 famine ; reduced to a fine powder and boiled they form a tenacious 

 paste, and a strong wood-cement, if thin glue is added. {Roxb.) 

 The paste, simply smeared on the skin, has the property of rapidly 

 promoting suppuration in indolent {blind) boils. {Wight.) 

 a. oxycarpa. Fruit sour. 

 ^. melicarpa. Fruit sweetish. 



■y. rhodocarpa. Pulp of the fruit rose-coloured. This variety makes 

 a very fine preserve, and yields a beautiful deep red-colour ap- 

 proaching to purple. {Roxb. I. c.) 



Cathartocarpus, Pers. {st/n. I, p. 459. — Cassia, L. sect. 1, Fistula; — 

 DC. pr. 2, p. 489 ;— IF. and A.pr.X, 285.) 

 I. Fistula, Pers. {I. c. — Cassia Fistula, L. ; — DC. o. c. p. 490; — W. and 

 A. I. c. excl. C. rhombifolia, Roxb. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 333 ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 62 ■,—Gartn. fr. 2, p. 313, t. 147, /. \.—Lam. 

 ill. t. 332.— Rheed. I, t. 22.— Rumph. 2, t. 21.) C^TpTt^ Sonaloo. 

 ^1*<<1 «ltf^ ^tt^ Banur-lati-gachh. b Moluccas. Both Peninsulas of 

 India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Assam. Oude. Foot of the Himalayas 

 Fl. large, bright yellow, fragrant, May and June ; fr. (<T'^? srtf « 

 Banur-lati.) Feb. and March. The sweetish secretion surrounding 

 the seeds is slightly aperient. 



