1S97.] G. K'mg^Matenah fov a Flora of the Malayan Petuimda^ 201 
ml need to Rcales. Siamenit monadelphoas, only 3 developed, ttie otfiei^s 
minced to mere bi-JsHes at the top of the fltieatli ] aiitbors ohlong-^ ver- 
satile, deb iscing longiteditialty. Ovary omny-OTuled, with a stalk adaat© 
to the caljX'fube; style filifoini, stigma capitate. Fod Hneai'-oblong, 
many-seeded, with a thin cnistaceous epicarp and thick pulpy inesocarp, 
SeeiU exalbuminoas. One species, now planted everywhere in the tropics. 
Tamakindus INDICA Linn, Sp. PI. 34. A large unarmed tree with 
ipreadin^ bi-anches, 40-60 feet hi^h, stem 2-3 feet in diam., the young 
bi'anohlota at litat pubernlons, elsewhere quite glabrous. Leaves ercn- 
pinnate, 2'5-6 in. long, ieaflets 10-20 pail's rathei- close, oblong-obtuae, 
'35-l'25 in. long, '2- '3 io. across, glabrous on both Burfaces, raediiim- 
green above, palet' sometimes glaneesceiit beneath ; coriaceous, snbeeasile, 
i-eticulato-voiiied ; stipules li near, early cad ucoas. i'7otcre/ s' in simple ^or 
paiiicled terminal or lateral racemes 2-4i in. long, bracU concave^ cadu- 
cons, ■25~'3 in. hmg, obovate-clliptic, pedicels articalated under the base 
of calyx, sletider, *2o in. long, glabrous ; bracteoles small with puberu- 
lous margins. Calyx "5 in, long, faintly pnberulouaj tube narrowly 
turbinate, '2 in, ; limb 4-partite, segmeHta subeqnal, "3 in. long, -2 in. wide, 
ovate-acute, entire, much imbricated, membranous. Petnta 9^ an upper 
and two lateml, yellowish with pink Btripes, obovate-oblong, sul)eqiial, '4i 
in. long, slightly exceeding calyx-limb, "25 in.- across, slighUy narrowed 
to a short claw \ the two lower petals replaced by small scales. Stamcm 
3 fertile, anterior, connate nearly half, their length, alternating with 
rudimentary bristle-like stamiuodia ; anthers oblong, v^satile. Ovary 
stipttate, style rather short equalling the stamens ; stigma terminal, 
obtnse, sligTitly thickened ; ovules 8-10 or more. Fod liuoar-oblong, 
nearly stmight, thickened, sabcompressed ; 3-^ in. long, I in. wide, 't in. 
thick; outer layer of pericarp thin, cnistaceoTia, aearfy ; Tniddle layer 
pulpy, acid, travoi'.sed by fibres. Seeds 3-10, obovate-elliptic, coin- 
pressed, '6 in. long, '4 in. wide, "2 in. thick ; testa thick shining, sides 
areolate. DC. Prodr. .11, 488; Roxk Flor. Ind. Ill, 21-5; Walh Cat, 
5824; \V. & A. Prodr. 285; Miq. Flor. lud. Bat. I, 82; Bak. in Flor, 
Brit. Ind. II, 273 ; Oliver, Flor. Trop. Africa, III, 307. T. ocddentalis 
Gaertn. Fruct, 11,310, t. 146; DC, Prodr. II, 488, T. umbroaa Salisb. 
Prodr. 323. T. officinalu Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4563. 
Andamans; Great Oaco Island, in trodaced by the sea, «of planted,* 
Frain! Kedah ; *' growing wild at the top of limestone hills," Kunstler 
1728] Sblangors " iti dense old jungle," Knnstl-er 8G13 ! Distuib. 
Planted throaghont the tropica ; believed by Oliver to be truly indige- 
nous in Africa. « 
50. SiNDOai Miq. 
Unarmed lofty treea. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets few rigidly 
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