414 LEGUMINOSZ. [ Zamarindus. 
seeded ; seeds compressed, orbicular, enclosed in the medullary en- 
we 1} in, across, supported by the horny, large, arillus-like 
unicle. 
Has.—Adjoining provinces of Siam.—Fr. H.S.; Fr. begin. of B.S. 
TAMARINDUS, L. 
Sepals 4, united at the base into a turbinate tube, the segments 
much imbricate. Petals 3, the lateral ones ovate, the upper inner 
one narrower, concave. Stamens incurved, united up to the middle 
in a sheath, 3 or rarely 2 only perfect, the 4 or 5 others redneed to 
short teeth at the summit of the sheath. Ovary stalked, with 
several ovules; style inflexed, rather thick, with a truncate stigma, 
Pod thick, the epicarp crustaceous and fragile, the mesocarp pulpy, 
the endocarp thick and fleshy, forming complete partitions between 
the seeds. Albumen none.—Trees, with abruptly pinnate leaves. 
Flowers in terminal racemes. 
rous, somewhat glaucescent beneath; flowers rather small, with 
rose-coloured petals, on 3-4 lin. long pedicels, forming short termi- 
nal bractless racemes ; sepals 3-4 lin. long, glabrous ; petals lanceo- 
late, somewhat longer than the sepals, acuminate, somewhat orange, 
streaked with scarlet, undulate ; pods 3-6 in. long, thick, somewhat 
torose, elongate-oblong, the epicarp fragile, rough, brownish grey, 
the pulp very acid and edible, red while unripe, then brownish 
olive. 
Has.—Generally cultivated all over Burma, but apparently nowhere wild.— 
Fl. HLS.; Fr. C.S—SS. =o CaS. 
ReMARKs.—Sap-wood yellowish white, not heavy, rather fibrous and loose- 
grained, perishable ; the heart-wood of old trees only small, very hard, dark- 
: ar! 
ing ebony, som u 
Good for oil-mills, mallets, Seeueenen also for furniture and in house-build- 
ing, but difficult to work on account of its hardness. Yields a white resin in 
small quantities. 
oo .. SARACA, L. 
a _ The disk-bearing calyx-tube elongate ; segments 4, petaloid and 
_ mearly equal, much imbricate. Petals none. Stamens 3-9, free, 
filaments elongate; anthers almost uniform. Ovary stalked, 
many-ovuled ; style filiform with a terminal blunt stigma. Pod 
