MONADELPHIA. TRIAND. 1284, 1285. 1047 



ORDER I. TRIANDRIA: 3 united ftyles. 



1284. TAMAR INDUS. Calyx 4-partcd: petals 

 3: neclary with 2 fhort briiues ur.cier me ma- 

 ments: ftyle 1 : legume filled with pulp. 



tamarind- tree, 

 indicus, TamarinDUS. 



India; Arabia. Woodv. t. 166. B/ackiv. t 201. Jacq Am, t.\o. 

 Tree with numerous fpreading branches: kav*s» tenia e, evenly- 

 pinnate ; leafets oppolite, oblong, obtufe, entire : Jio'uers in 

 lateral racemes: calyx fpreading, deciduous, ye iowilh .• petals 

 yellow with red veins: /^w^roundifh-comprefTea, cont.in- 

 ing 3 or 4 flattifh angular mining reeds lodged in a dark pu'p, 

 and covered by feveral rough longitudinal fibres. 



1285. SISYRINCHIUM. Spathe 2- leaved: calyx 

 o : petals 6, nearly equal : ftyle 1 : capfule 3- 

 celled, inferior. 



ehgans. Scape round, i-flowered, fimple: leaf folitary, radical, li- 

 near, pointed, twice as long as the fcape : petals ob- 

 long, acute. 

 The Cape, Jacq. bcrt.fcha>nh. I, 1. 12, Morara. 

 Scape clothed with alternate oblong pointed fpathes 



toliinum. Scape round, 2 or 3-flowered, fomew hat branched : leaf 

 folitary, on the fcape, linear-pointed, longer than ths 

 fcape : petals oblong, acute. 

 The Cape. Jacq, ic, 2., t. 226. Moraca. 



grandijlo- Scape round, fimple : fpathe about 3-flowered : petals ob- 

 rum, ovate, obtufe : leaves lanceolate, piaited. 



Peru, Cavan. dijf. 6, p. 346. /. 1 92./. 2. 

 Root bulbous: fpathe terminal, 2 or 3-flowered. 

 Bermudiana Scape 2-edged, branched, leafy: fpathe about 4-rlowered, 

 fhorter than the flower: petals terminated by a point; 

 leaves en ii form: germ hairy. 

 Bermudas. Curt, mag, t. 94. Ca<van % dijj', 6. /, 192. f. 1. 



Mcepu Scape with 2 winged edges, moftly fimple, nearly leahefs.* 

 fpathe about 2-flowered, unequal, longer than the 

 flowers : petals terminated by a point : leaves enfiform: 

 germ glabrous. 

 Virginia. Curt, mag, t, 464. Cavan, dijf % 6. /. 190,/* 2. 

 mcranthum Scape 2-edgcd, branched, leafy: fpathe about 3-flowered^ 

 unequal : petals linear, ending in a point : leave* 

 gralfy, channelled. 

 Peru. Ca<van, dijj. 6. t. 391 ./. 2. Root fibrous. 



