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MONADELPHIA TRIANDRIA. 
Class XVI. 
TRIANDRIA. 
1449. TAMARIN'DUS. W. Tamarind Thee. 
9338 indica W. common □ fr 
1450. PATERSO'NIA. R. Br. Patersonia. 
9339 sericea R. Br. silky lAi or 
9340 glabrata R. Br. smooth lAl or 
1451. FERRA'RIA. Ker. Ferraria. 
9341 undulata W. curled ? lAI or 
9342 antherosa Ker. variegated if lAJ or 
1452. TIGRFDIA. J. 
9343 Pavonia P. S. 
(3 leona Hort. 
1453. GALAXaA. W. 
9344 ovata W. 
/3 grandifldra B. R. 
y mucronul'dris Sal. 
5 versicolor Sal. 
9345 graminea W. 
Tiger Flower. 
Mexican ^ A or 
whole-colored ^ A or 
Galaxia. 
oval-leaved lAJ or 
great-Jlowered lA] or 
mucronated lAJ or 
vnrious-colo7-ed lAJ or 
narrow-leaved uAJ or 
Leguminosce. Sp. 1. 
60 jn.jl Y India 
Iridece. Sp. 2—7. 
li my.jl B N. S. W. 
1| my.jl Pu N. S. W. 
Iridece. Sp. 2—4. 
mr.ap G.Br C. G. H. 
mr.jl G.Br C. G. H. 
Iridece. Sp. 1—2. 
my.s O.R Mexico 
my.s O.R Mexico 
Iridece. Sp. 2—3. 
my.s D.Y C. G. H. 
my.s D.Y C. G. H. 
my.s Pu C. G. H. 
my.s Pu C. G. H. 
jl.au L.Y C. G. H. 
1633. C r.m Jac. amer, 1. 10 
1803. R s.p Bot. mag. 1041 
1814. C s.p Bot.reg.51 
1755. O s.p Bot. mag. 144 
1800. O s.p Bot. mag. 751 
1796. O s.p Bot. mag. 53 
1823. O s.p 
1799. s.p Bot. rep. 94 
1799. s.p Bot. rep. 164 
1799. s.p J.ic. t.291.f.in.si. 
1799. s.p Jac. f. inf.dextr. 
1795. s.p Bot. mag. 1292 
PENTANDRIA. 
1454. WALTHE'RIA. 
9346 americana W. 
9347 indica W. 
9348 elHptica W. 
93491a2'vis Schrank. 
1455. HERMAN'NIA. 
9350 althaeitolia W. 
9351 plicata W. 
9352 glandulosa Li/ik. 
9353 candicans W. 
93.54 d'isticha W. 
9355 sal vifulia W. 
9356 m'lcans JV. 
W. Waltheria. 
American £ O] un 
Indian tL □ un 
woolly li- O un 
smooth *t- □ un 
W. Herimannia. 
Althsa-leaved tt. i | or 
plaited-leaved «- 1 | or 
glandular ti, | | or 
white 11- 1 I or 
round-leaved tt. i | or 
Sage-leaved tt- 1 | or 
glittering tt. | | or 
Byltneriacece. Sp. 4 — 12. 
2 my.o Y S. Amer. 1691. C I.p Jac. ic. 1. 1. 130 
9 jn.au Y E. Indies 1799. L p.l Burm. zeyl. t. 68 
3 ... Y E. Indies 1812. C s.p Ca.dis.6.t.l71.f.2 
3 jl Y Guadalou.1823. C s.p Schrank mon.55 
2i mr.jl 
2" n.d 
2 
2 ap.jn 
2 my.au 
2 ap.jn 
2 my.au 
iieriacece. Sp. 34 — 42. 
C. G. PI. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
1728. 
1774. 
1822. 
1774. 
1789. 
1795. 
1790. 
Bot. mag. 307 
Jac.schce.2.t.213 
Jac.schoe.l.t.117 
Jac.schoe.l.t.118 
Ca.dis.6.t.l80.f.2 
Jac.schce.l.t.ll9 
9344. 
Historyy Use, Propagation, Culture, 
1449. Tamarindus. Latinized from the Arabic name Tamer-hindy, or Indian date. Thi.s tree is a native of 
the East and West Indies, of Arabia, and Egypt. It is a large beautiful spreading tree. The leaves are 
abruptly pinnate, composed of sixteen or eighteen pairs of sessile leaflets, half an inch only in length, and one 
sixth of an inch broad, of a bright green color, downy, oblong, entire, and obtuse : the flowers are in loose 
bunches of five or six, which come out from the sides of the branches : the calyx is of a straw yellow color, 
and deciduous : the petals also yellowish, and beautifully variegated with red veins ; ovate, concave, acute, 
indented, and plaited at the edge ; and the filaments purplish, bearing incumbent brownish anthers : the pods 
are thick, compressed, and of a dull brown color when ripe : those from the West Indies from two to five 
inches long, with two, three, or four seeds : those from the East Indies are twice as long, and contain five, six, 
or seven seeds : the seeds in both are flat, angular, shining, and lodged in a dark pulpy matter. 
In the West Indies, the pods are gathered in June, July, and August, when fully ripe ; and the fruit being 
freed from the shelly fragments, is placed in layers in a cask, and boiling syrup poured over it, till the cask is 
filled ; the syrup pervades every part quite down to the bottom ; and when cool the cask is headed for sale. 
{Long's Jamaica, iii. 729.) The East India tamarinds are darker colored and drier, and are said to be pre- 
served without sugar. Tamarinds are inodorous, and have an agreeable acid sweetish taste. The acid taste 
chiefly depends on the citric acid, the quantity of that being greater than of the other. The pulp is refrigerant, 
and gently laxative. The simple infusion of the pulp in warm water, or a whey made by boiling it in milk, 
forms a very grateful refrigerant beverage, which is advantageously used in febrile diseases. The dose of the 
simple fruit required to act upon the bowels is so large, that it is seldom given alone as a purgative, but is 
generally combined with cassia or manna, the action of which it augments, or with such of the neutral 
purgative salts as are not decomposed by it ; which is the case with those that have potass for their base, and 
are therefore incompatible in mixtures with this fruit. {Thompson's London Dispensatory, 534.) 
The plants thrive in loam and peat, and root under a glass in sand. They form handsome objects, but in our 
stoves are seldom allowed sufficient room to flower. Miller says, he had several plants twenty years old, and 
upwards, of fifteen feet high, which never had shewed blossoms. 
