LHGUMINOSA-CHISALPINIEZ. 161 
bundles which traverse it, is a yellow or brownish pulp, sweet, acid, 
and slightly astringent, long employed in medicine as a laxative and 
antiputrescent ; it was formerly used in the old electuaries known as 
lenitif, catholicon double, &c.. From it is made a pleasant subacid 
preserve. Tamarind and Carob seeds were, we are told, the original 
carats used by jewellers to weigh against precious stones. The 
albumen contained in these seeds, as in those of Afzelia bijuga, may 
be roasted and eaten. So, too, with those of Bauhinia Vahhii Bunvu., 
the Cape Schotias, and several Indian Cesalpinias. The enormous seeds 
of Prioria Copaifera Grisus. have edible embryos, and are sold at 
Panama under the name of Cativa or Amanza muger.? Oil is extracted 
from the seeds of Cesalpinia oleosperma Roxs., C. (Guilandina) Bonduc, 
Bauhinia tomentosa L., Dicorynia paraensis Buntu., &e. The edible 
part of the seeds of Afzelia africana is the orange-coloured fleshy aril, 
which rises from the hilum to form a deep sac or cupule.’ 
Dakkar of Senegal, the Balam pulli of India ° Benta., in Trans. Linn. Soc., xxiii. 390. 
(GuiB., op. cit., ii. 348, fig. 346 ;—Mér. & DEL.,. 3 Guinn. & Perr., Fl. Sen., Tent., i. 264.— 
op. cit., vi. 633). RosEntu., Syn. Plant. Diaph., 1044. 
1 Such as diaprun, confection Hamech, and 
psyllium. 
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