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many brandies at the top, spreading wide every way 
Leaves pinnate, composed of sixteen or eighteen pairs of 
leaflets, without a single one at the end: they are about 
half an inch long, and a sixth part of an inch broad, of a 
bright green, a little hairy, and sit close to the midrib. 
The flowers come out from the side of the branches, five, 
six or more together, in loose bunches.—It seems to be a 
native both of the East and West Indies, and of Egypt, if 
not Arabia. In the West Indies it flowers in October and 
November. 
The timber of the Tamarind tree is heavy, firm and hard: 
sawn into boards, it is converted to many useful purposes in 
building.—The fruit is used both in food and medicine. 
In many parts of America, particularly in Curagao, they 
eat abundance of it raw, without any inconvenience, except 
gentiy relaxing the body. In Martinico also they eat the 
unripe fruit, even of the most austere kind. The Tamarinds 
which are brought from the East Indies are darker and drier, 
but contain more pulp; being preserved without sugar they 
are fitter to be put into medicines than those from the West 
Indies, which are much redder, but being preserved with 
sugar, are more pleasant to the palate. 
Propagation and Culture. —Sow the seeds on a hot¬ 
bed in the spring, and when the plants are come up, plant 
each in a separate small pot filled with light rich earth, and 
plunge them into a hot-bed of tanner’s bark to bring them 
forward, observing to water and shade them until they have 
taken root. Then treat them as hath been directed for the 
Coffee-tree, with whose culture they will thrive exceeding 
well. 
TA'MARISK. See Tamarix. 
TAMARIX [of Pliny. Supposed by some to be from the 
Hebrew Tamaris, abstersio, on account of its abstergent 
qualities], in Botany, a genus of the class pentandria, order 
trygynia, natural order of succulentse portulacese (Juss.J — 
Generic Character. Calyx: perianth five-parted, obtuse, 
erect, permanent, shorter by half than the corolla. Corolla: 
petals five, ovate, concave, obtuse, spreading. Stamina: 
filaments five, capillary. Anthers roundish. Pistil: germ 
acuminate. Style none. Stigmas three, oblong, revolute, 
feathered. Pericarp: capsule oblong, accuminate, three- 
sided, longer than the calyx, one-celled,-three-valved. Seeds 
very many, very small, pappose.—Tamaris Germanica has 
ten stamens, of which the alternate outer ones are shorter; 
they are all connate at the base.— Essential Character. 
Calyx five-parted. Petals five. Capsule one-celled, three- 
valved. Seeds pappose. 
3. Tamarix Gallica, or French tamarisk.—Flowers five- 
stamened; spikes lateral; leaves lanceolate, embracing im¬ 
bricate. The first sort is a native of the south of France, 
Spain, Italy, Russia, Tartary, Barbary, and Japan; where 
it grows to a tree of middling size, but in England, is seldom 
more than fourteen or sixteen feet high. There are two 
varieties. 
2. Tamarix articulata, or jointed tamarisk.—Flowers 
five-stamened; spikes lateral; leaves very short sheathed. 
This is a shrub, with round branches.—Native of the East 
Indies and Arabia. 
3. Tamarix Songarica, or Songarian tamarisk.—Flowers 
eight or ten-stamened, axillary subspiked ; leaves fleshy, ob¬ 
tuse, three-sided.—Found in Siberia, in salt places of Son- 
garia. 
4. Tamarix Germanica, or German tamarisk.—Flowers 
ten-stamened; spikes terminating; leaves sessile, linear- 
lanceolate. This has a variety.. This is rather a shrub than 
a tree, having several woody stalks arising from the same 
root, which grow quite erect, sending out many side 
branches which are also erect; they have a pale-green bark 
when young, afterwards changing to a yellowish colour.— 
Native of Germany, Norway, Dauphine, Spain, Piedmont, 
and the mountains of Dauria, Caucasus and Russia. 
Propagation and Culture. —The tamarisks may easily 
be increased either by laying down their tender shoots in 
autumn, or by planting cuttings in an east border, which 
will take root in a short time, if they are supplied with water 
in dry weather; but they should not be removed until the 
following autumn, at which time they may be either placed 
in a nursery to be trained up two or three years, or else 
where they are designed to remain, observing to mulch 
their roots, and water them according as the season may 
require, until they have taken root; after which, the only 
culture they will require, is to prune off the straggling 
shoots, and keep the ground clean about them. 
TAMARITE, a small town of the north-east of Spain, in 
Arragon ; 20 miles east-south-east of Balbastro. 
TAMARO, a small river of New Granada, in the province 
of Maracaibo, which rises near the sea-coast, runs south, and 
flows into Lake Maracaibo. 
TAMASCHI, a small town of the south-west of Hungary; 
70 miles south-south-west of Pest, and 15 west-south-west of 
Simon-tornya. 
TAMAULIPA, San Carlos de, a village, consisting 
chiefly of straw-huts, on the coast of the bay of Mexico. 
TAMAYO, a river of New Granada, in the province of 
Venezuela, which rises on the side of the Lake Maracaibo, 
runs nearly due east, and enters the Tucuyo. 
TAMAZULA, the name of several inconsiderable settle¬ 
ments in Mexico. 
TAMAZULAPA, several inconsiderable settlements in 
Mexico. 
TAMBACH, a village of Bavarian Franconia, on the bor¬ 
ders of Saxony, and 4 miles west of Coburg. 
TAMBACH, or Tammich, a large village of Germany, 
in the principality of Saxe Gotha, containing 1400 inhabi¬ 
tants ; 10 miles north-east of Schmalcalden, and 8 south of 
Gotha. 
TAMBACUNDA, a small town of Western Africa, in the 
country of Neola; 52 miles west of Baniserile. 
TAMBAH, a town of Hindostan, province of Bejapoor, 
lately taken possession of by the British. Lat. 17. 28. N. 
long. 73.35. E. 
TAMBAOURA 5 , a gold mine in the kingdom of Bambouk. 
See Bambouk. 
TAMBEKAN, a town of Hindostan, province of Nepaul, 
celebrated for the copper mines in its vicinity. Lat. 27. 25. 
N. long. 85. 30. E.—Near to this town is a celebrated pass 
through the mountains, which commands the road leading 
to the sea coast. 
TAMBERACHERY, a town of the south of India, pro¬ 
vince of Malabar. The country in the vicinity of this place 
produces very fine teak timber, and a great abundance of 
cocoa nuts. Lat. 11. 21. N. long. 76. 3. E. 
TAMBILLO, the name of four inconsiderable settlements 
in South America, one in Chili, one in Quito, and two in 
Peru. 
TAMBO, a town of Peru, in the province of Calca and 
Lares, situated on the north shore of the river Quillabamba; 
45 miles north-north-west of Cuzco. In the vicinity is a 
mountain, on which is to be seen a fortress which belonged 
to the Incas, built of large wrought stone, so beautifully fitted 
together, as that the junction is scarcely perceptible; a 
circumstance the more wonderful, when we consider the 
height to which these stones were carried. None of these 
stones are of a regular figure. This fortress has its bulwarks, 
gate, and small squares, arranged with singular disposition 
and art. It is entered bv long wide flights of steps, with 
several landing places. At a small distance from this fortress 
are two strong towers, which serve as advanced posts. 
TAMBO, a settlement of Chili, in Coquimbo, near the 
source of the river Choapa.— 2d. Of Peru, in the province 
of Atacames, on the shore of a small river which enters the 
Quillabamba.—3d Of New Granada, in the province of 
Popayan.—4th. Of Peru, in the province of Castro Vireyna. 
5th. Of Peru, in the province of Canete.—There is also a 
settlement of this name in the province of Arequipa.—It is 
also the name of several other inconsiderable settlements. 
TAMBO, a river of Peru, in the province of Moquehua, 
which enters the Pacific ocean, in the bay of Quilca. 
TAMBO, a river of Brazil, which runs north-north-west, 
and enters the Toccantines. 
TAMBOR. 
