' 49 Legumimfi^e foUis Conjugatis. 
leniendum & purgandum pedas, hinc eft ape* 
riens pedoralis & conducit in diarrhaea, hu- 
jus dulcis & vifcofa fubilantia temperat fodam 
ardorem ventriculi & m\nx , fi matura^^fit , 
purgat, immatura vero adftringir. 
^amarimlu 
Character. Hxc arbor eft valde magna , cor- 
ticem durum, craffum & grifeum habet; folia 
magna, pinnata, abfque impari extremo ; flo- 
res triperali , iribus flaminibus praediti, infi- 
dentes calici carnofo, exeunti in quatuor lon- 
ga foliola; Ovarium ex centro calicis fit fili- 
qua longa, lata, in fepta diftinda , repleta 
pulpa exfufco nigricans, faporis fubacidi, ra- 
ris per longitudinem lignofis filamentis pertex- 
ta, diflinda in membranacea loculamenta, in 
quibus inclufa latent femina dura, quadrata , 
ovata, exfufco rubicunda & fplendentia; radix 
liujus arboris efl: longa, craflTa, in multas par- 
tes divifa, corticem rubicundum & flypiicum 
habens; hsec arbor crefcit in Indiis Orientali' 
bus & Africa. 
Nomen. Tamartndi a tamar daBylus , quia 
ejus frudus dadylum quafi refert. 
Vires. Pulpa in fubilantiarecens, dura, me- 
dullofa, ex fufco nigricans acido vinofo pofli- 
det vim blandam laxantem , convenit in aeilu 
reprimendo prsedpue febrili , ubi opus efl fimul 
laxante, conducit in febribus continuis, diar- 
rhaeis, ftomachum quoque roborat, in nimio 
baemorrhoidum fluxu a fanguine acriore & bilio- 
fo laudatur ; folia Tamarindorum fitim fedent , 
& profum in frebribus ardentibus. 
