TAMARINDUS INDICA. 
East Indies, and in some parts of Europe, cloves are so much 
admired as to be thought an indispensible ingredient in almost every 
dish: they are put into food, liquor, wines, and likewise enter 
into the composition of perfumes. The dose of powdered cloves is 
from five to ten grains ; and that of the oil from m. ii to m. vi. 
Off. Caryophylli, Cloves. 
Off. Pp. Infusum Caryophyllorum, L. 
Spiritus Lavendulae Comp. D. 
TAMARINDUS INDICA. 
The Tamarind Tree.* 
Class Monad ELPH I A.— Or«/er Triandria. 
Nat. Ord. Lomentace^, Linn. LEGUMiNosiE, Juss. 
Gen. and Spec. Char. Calyx four-parted. Petals three. 
Nectary of two short bristles under the filaments. Legume 
pulpy. 
This tree, of which there is but the one species, appears, from 
various writers, to be a native of both the Indies, of Egypt, Arabia, 
and the warmer latitudes of America ; although Sir Hans Sloane'. 
(no mean authority) says, it was originally unknown in the West 
Indies, and that it was first planted at Acapulco. According to 
Miller it was cultivated in Britain in 1633. There is a superstitious 
belief among the natives of some parts of India, that it is dan- 
gerous to sleep under this tree.f 
The tamarind tree rises to a great height, sending off numerous 
large branches which spread to a considerable extent, and present a 
very beautiful appearance ; the trunk is erect, thick, and covered 
with rough bark of a grey colour ; the leaves are pinnate, alternate, 
consisting of from fourteen to sixteen pairs of small p'mme, which 
Fig. a. the pistlUum. 6. The stamens, e. A seed. d. The pericarpinm, or pod. 
t We are told bj Dr. Ainslie, (Materia Indica) that herbs of anj kind are seldom 
»een growing in such situations, and nerer with luxuriance. 
