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The preserved pulp of the tamarind is well 

 known as a delicious confection. Synonyme : 

 1, T. officinalis. 



Indica 1 . . Yellow . 6, S. Ev. T. 60 India . 1633 

 occidentals . Yelsh. . 2, S. Ev. T. 50 W. Ind. 1633 



Tamarisk. See Tdmarix. 



Tamarix, Linn. So named on account of the 

 plants growing on the banks of the Tamaris, 

 now Tanibro, on the borders of the Pyrenees. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 3, Nat. Or. Tamariccbcece. This 

 is a genus of very elegant shrubs. The hardy 

 species is well suited for ornamenting shrub- 

 beries ; it grows well in any soil or situation ; 

 and increases freely -by cuttings, planted in 

 the open ground, in spring or autumn. T. 

 oriental™ succeeds well in a mixture of loam 

 and peat ; and cuttings root readily in sand, 

 under a glass, in heat. The bark of all the 

 species is slightly bitter, astringent, and pro- 

 bably tonic. The manna of Mount Sinai is 

 produced by a variety of T. gdllica : it con- 

 sists wholly. of pure mucilaginous sugar. Sy- 

 nonymes : 1, Myricaria dahurica ; 2, T. a/rti- 

 culata. See Myricaria. 



dahurica 1 . Pink . . 6, H. Ev. S. 6 Dahuria .1818 



diolca . . . Pink . . 6, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Ind. . 1823 



gdllica . . Flesh . 7, H. De. S. 10 Eng., sea sho. 



germahica . Pink . . 6, H. De. S. 8 Germany 1582 



indica . . . Pink . . 7, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Ind. . 



orientiilis 2 . Pink . . 7, S. Ev. T. 25 E. Ind. . 



Pallisii . Flame . 7, H. Ev. S. 6 Caucasus 1827 



tetrahdra . "White . 7, H. Ev. S. Tauria . 1S21 



Tam&nea, Aublet. Tamone is its name in 

 . Guiana, Linn. 14, .Or. 2, Mat. Or. Verbenacem. 

 Ornamental biennials. They should be raised 

 on a hotbed, and, when of sufficient size, 

 planted singly into pots of sandy soil, and 

 treated as other stove biennials. Synonymes : 

 1, T. verbendcea, Ghinia spinosa ; 2, Q. mH- 

 tica. 



curassavica 1 Blue 

 mutica 2 . . Blue 



.7, S. 

 .7,8. 



B. 1 TV. Ind. 1823 

 B. 1 Guiana . 1820 



Tam6nia. See Ohitbnia Tambnia. 



Tamus, Linn. A name applied by Columella to 

 a plant resembling a vine. Linn. 22, Or. 6, 

 Nat. Or. Dioscoriddcece. Hardy twining plants, 

 of no interest, succeeding in common garden 

 soil ; division of the roots — communis, crelica. 

 See Tesludinaria. 



Tanacetum, Linn. _ Said to be altered from 

 Athanasia. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Aste- 

 racece. The species of Tanacetum or Tansy 

 are not possessed of much beauty. The hardy 

 kinds succeed in any common soil ; and are 

 readily increased by division. The greenhouse 

 species should be grown in a light, rich soil. 

 They increase freely by cuttings. "Withering 

 asserts, that if meat be rubbed with the leaves 

 of tansy, the flesh-fly will not touch it. Syno- 

 nymes : 1, Achillea filipindula ; 2, A. bipin- 

 ndta. See Balsamita, and P&ntzia. 



angulatum 1. Yellow 

 globuliferum Yellow 

 grandiflbrum Yellow 

 incanum . . Yellow 

 longifblium . Yellow 



m u?m P 2 h!?1 - J™ 1 ™ •eiH.Har.P. 



purpiireum . Pa. red . 6, H. Her. P. 1} Nepal . 1818 



. 7, H. Her. P. 

 . 9, H. A. 



. 5, G. Her. P. 

 . 6, H. Her. P. 

 , H. Her. P. 



1 Levant 1820 



1 Russia . 1838 

 14 C. G. H. 1820 

 H Altai . 1831 



2 Himlay. 



1 Levant 1816 



vulgtlre . . Yellow . 6, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., rdsids. 

 crlspum . Yellow . 7, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., gard. 

 variegatum Yellow . 7, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., gard. 



argenteum, boreale, canarUnse, linifblium, ori- 

 entale, sibiricum, suffrutiedsum, vestitum. 



Tanaecium, Swartz. From tanaeJces, long ; 

 stems elongated. Linn. 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 

 Gesnerdcea. T. pinndtwm is described as an 

 ornamental, lofty-growing tree. For culture 

 and propagation, see Bignonia. Synonymes : 

 1, Creseentia pinnata, Tripirmaria africana. 

 parasiticum . White . 5, S. Ev. CI. 10 Jamaica 

 pinnatum 1 . Red . . 6, S. Ev. T. 60 Mozamb. 1826 



Tanahott. See Poincidna rigia. 



Tanekaha. See PhylUeladus rhomboidalis. 



TANGHfNlA, Du Petit Thouars. From Tanghin, 

 the Madagascar name of T. veneniflua, the seed 

 of which is the ordeal nut of that island. 

 Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Apocynaceoe. These 

 remarkable plants- may be referred to Tabernce- 

 mbntana for culture and propagation. T. vene- 

 niflua is the celebrated ordeal tree of Mada- 

 gascar. The fruit is yellow ; and incloses a 

 fibrous stone or nut ; the kernel inclosed in 

 this stone, or nut, is said by some to be the 

 part used for the ordeal, and to be infused in 

 a liquid of which the accused person is made 

 to drink ; others say the infusion is made 

 of the entire fruit. The custom of adminis- 

 tering Tanghin as an ordeal, in Madagascar, 

 has recently become far more universal ' 

 than at any former period of the Huwa 

 government. When her late Majesty, in 

 the beginning of 1830, came to the resolution 

 of cleansing her lands from sorcerers, an ordeal 

 was commanded in every town and village ; 

 and in Tannanarivoo scarcely any class of the 

 inhabitants escaped. On the 9th of May, 

 1830, in compliance with the sovereign's man- 

 date, a notable administration of Tanghin took 

 place. The accused persons amounted to about 

 thirty, including some of the highest rank in 

 the kingdom. All the nobility recovered, 

 while the unknown plebeians, who, according 

 to the common jugglery, had been compelled 

 to drink with them, died. The former made 

 the usual triumphant entry into the town, on 

 the 17th, borne in open palanquins, amongst 

 the shouting, dancing, and grimaces of the 

 many thousands of people. In the following 

 month, about an equal number of Malagassy 

 ladies submitted to the same ordeal ; but all 

 survived, and, in due course, made a grand 

 entry into the town. The Tanghin is adminis- 

 tered in private, as well as in public. A sub- 

 ject so deeply rooted in the minds of all the 

 Malagassy people, from the sovereign down to 

 the slave, is the belief in witchcraft ; and so 

 blindly are they led on by this belief, that a 

 whole nation may be considered as labouring 

 under a spell, as powerful as the fascination 

 which they attribute to the unfortunato sor- 

 cerers themselves. Synonymes: 1, Oerbera 

 dichitoma; 2, O. laurifblia; 3, C. lactaria ; 

 4, O. Qd&llam ; 5, C. Tdnghin. 

 dichotoma 1 . White . 6, S. Ev. S. 10 E. Ind. . 1827 

 laurifblia 2 White . 6, S. Ev. T. 10 E. Ind. . 1818 



