TALAl'MA 



tinely \Yitli the ivory whire of tin.- potaN. Tliis .s]iccii'-; 

 in; a ntitivo ot the Hiniahiyas, a rri^ioii whirh is perhaps 

 richer iu baiidsoiiio uiai^imlia-like tri'rs tliaii any other 

 urea of eiiual size in the ^Yorl(.l. Hooker ranks this 

 species second in beauty only to j)/"(?f/;M'//a (.'<i m i>hr!U . 

 T. Bodgsi'i'i yrows at an elevatinn of r>,(li)0 to (i.duO feet. 



This fine tree has been tlewered at Kew and ]u-rhnps 

 iMsewbere in Europe, but nevec in Anieriea. se far as is 

 known. Time and time ai^ain seeds were received at 

 Kew from India, but they never L;(Tniin;ireil, the reason 

 beinir the rapid decay of tiie allninien. involving- tliat >•{' 

 the embryo. The trees now cultivated in Kuropelia\i' 

 been derived from youn.Lj: plants sint from ln<lia in 

 Wardian cases at oonsiilerable ex]>ense and risk. 



Talauma is closely allied tn :Ma,i,nH>lia. l^nt tiie carpeK 

 are indehiseent ami decidn-uis, while thosf of I\la,ij:m.lia 

 deiii--ce ilorsalh'and are persistent. Tahuima is a ;:eniis 

 of al'iiut 1." sp.M'ies of trees an<l shrul's. mnsUy naTi\t'> 

 of tlie tro]>ics of eastern Asia and Sinnti America; alsi^ 

 Japan. Leaves, inflorescence and seeds ns in IMauainlia : 

 sepals r>; petals (1 ernu>rein '2 or more wdmrls ; stamens 

 very luimerons, in niany series: o^-aries indetinite. i!- 

 ovnled. spiked or capitate; car]Hds W'^ody, sopararinu: 

 frijin rbe woody axis at tlie ventral sut\ire and leavim; 

 the seeds snspended from the latter by an elastic cord. 



Hodgsoni, Hook. & Thom. Tender, everirreen tree. 

 .^(t-GO ft. hiirb. proflneinLT Ivs. and Ms. at the samr time: 

 Ivs. 8-20x4-^1 in., obovate-oldonir. cuspidate or ol>tuse. 

 leathery, glabrous : lis, solitary, terminal : st-pals .S-.~), 

 purple outside: petals aliout Li: fr. 4-<> in. h;uiLr. flima- 

 layas. B.M. 7392. ^ W. M. 



TALINUM Ipossilily a tiative natm- in Si'neu'all. Pm-- 

 t'ti'ic^f-'ta'. A dozen or more ^piades vf rlesh\ lierbs 

 widely scattered in the warmer re^dons. ^\'ith a^^e 

 thev sometimes become wit.pdy at the base. J.\"s. aber- 

 nate or subopposite. ftai: tls. ^nKdl. in ternnnal cymes, 

 racemes or panicles, rardy solitary, axillar}' or latt-ral ; 

 sepals 2; petals .", byiio^;yni.ius. epbi-nH-ral: stann^ns .5- 

 i\ianv: i">vary nian\ -o\-uh'd : style IPeut or e-i;'roo\-ed at 

 apex: capsule ,u;lohose or oVoid, chartaceous, ;:^\'alved : 

 seeds sulii,d"b<i--(. or lati.'rall}" c< impressed, somewhat 

 kidney-shaped, shin in:;. 



patens, Willd. Ere^'t snlwhiub: stem almost sim- 

 ple. 1-l: ft, hiu-h, leafy to the middle, where the panicle 

 be.trins: Ivs. ]nostly opposite, oval, al>ruiitly tapering at 

 the base: panicle termimd. lon^r, leafless, bearing di- 

 chotomous cymes: lis. carmine: petals '.i lines long; 

 stamens about ].'-20. "West Indies and east coast of 

 S. Amer. to Bneno-. Avres. \'ar. variegatum. Hort. 



(" ToUitiiiii, V'tn'^'i.'f ">,>.- ir.u-t. J^.tsrlhi rnrln;,.)ta. 

 Hort.K is the plant describnd as Sweet Malabar Vine 

 in Vol. 1, page llJo, of this wurk. -^Y. ;;\I. 



triangTilare, "Willd. Lrs. altt-rnate. obovate -lanceo- 

 late: cymes corymbiferous : ]>edieels ;-;-cornered (in T. 

 patens they are filiform i: fis. re<l or \\liit.-. ^^'esr 

 Indies. Brazil. Peru. Var. cra3sifoIium. Hmt. i T. 

 era as if bit II in, Hort. i. is said t<i be talb-r and more 

 branched: Ivs. larger, often ennirginatr and murronate. 



T'lJinuin paf< us. var. ni rifi/at n in . is a hand-ome 

 greenhouse shrult. with foliage markt-d white and s<,me- 

 times also pink. The youmr stems are pink and sni-cu- 

 b^nt, but they herume" woody with age. Tlie ]>lant is 

 allied to Portulaca and will emlure much beat ami 

 dronirbt. but is verv imjiatient of nverwaterinic and 

 lack of draina-e. Thn i^lant^ bloom freely, tlie fls. Iic- 

 in? small, lii^ditpink an<l followed liv small. yoMow rai^- 

 sules filled with an indefinit*^ mmdier of litth- brown 

 seeds. Some prefer to retain the sprays of lilns^om, 

 but to make the best show of foliage the flower- dioots 

 should be cut off as soon as they appear. Talinnm is 

 a satisfactory house plant. It should be placerl in a 

 window with a northern exposure or in sonn- (illmr 

 shady position. Talinnm nmy also be planted out dur- 

 ing the summer. -^y f Steele, 



TAMARIXDUS 1TG7 



TAMARACK. See L'u-ix. 



TAMARIND. See Ta nnn-inJns . 



TAMARlNDUS (Prom Arabjr. n.eanin^^"l)Mlian date"). 

 Li'ininiiios(f. The Tamakim.. Pi l;. 1^ H 1 1 . i s a 11 exception- 

 ally beautiful and useful tropical i ree. It attains a ,iireat 

 heiglit, has acacia-like foliage and yejh-w (lowers aboid 

 an ineh aeross in clusters of S or lU. The Tanuirind is 

 cultivated every when' in tlie tn-pies but its native 

 country is nncert.ain. [irol.alily either Africa <ir Imlin. 

 As ;ui ornamental ■^haile tree it is considered hv tra\'- 

 eh rs as one of the noblest in the tropics. Ibioker 



TALIPOT PALM. See Cori/jilnf ninhmciflifr 



TALLOW SHRITB. .V'triro rrrl'mt. 

 TREE, Chinese. ^'i})hiin srliifmim. 



TALLOWWOOD. Euralnjiins »nri-ocor>js 



TALLOW 



2461. Tamarind — Tamarindus 



Indica i \ ^-j' ■ 

 Short-p''"bled nr We-^t luJun 



feVUl. 



has well described its ''vast, dense and busby head of 

 branches, thickly clothnd with light and feathery foli- 

 aLTC." The Tamarind is grown out of doors in -nnthern 

 Pla, and Calif, and yr.unu: j'lants are said t" be desir- 

 able for the decoration of wimh.'ws and ci.m'-.'r\'arorii-'S 

 in northern countries. 



The pods of the Tamarind. whi<'h are thick, linear 

 and :i-i'. in. Iomlt. <'ontain a pleasant a(dd |uilp ujuch 

 used throughout the tropics as the Imsis of a ■■ooling 

 drink. The pulp i'^ also used in mediidne. beiiu,' ri<'li in 

 formic and bntyri<; acids. It is laxative and refrigerant, 

 .and is also used to prepare a gar^rle for si>re throat. 

 The pulp of the Tamarind is e-enerallv called tin- 

 '■ fruit " or "Tamarind '■ and tlie pod issiMikeiiof as the 

 -sbelP- In the East Indies the shell is removed and 

 the luilp simply pressed fo^rether into a nias>.. The 

 Tamarinds of tlie ]\[alayan Archipelago are considered 

 better thati those of India. Tliey are preserved without 

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

 I'orted from one island t<> another and wIomi smt to 

 Pun>pe are cured in salt. In the "West Indies tlie frnif 

 is prepared by removing the shell and jdacinLr alteiataie 

 layers of fruit and sugar in a jar nmi flien iMiming 

 t'oiling svrup over the mass. ^IcPadyen sa}"s that iu 



