. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. able fiaiit occui- in this part of theOrder. DiaUum indicum, also called the Tamarind Plum, has a pod formed with a deli-cate agreeable pulp, much less acid than the Tamarind. Two Codariums are calledBrown and Velvet Tamarinds in Sien-a Leone. Ceratonia Siliqua, under the name ofthe Carob-tree, or Algaroba-bean, is consumed in the south of Spain by horses, and hasbeen imported into this country, it is said with profit, as a substitute for oil-cake. Thedry pulp in which the seed
. The vegetable kingdom : or, The structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. able fiaiit occui- in this part of theOrder. DiaUum indicum, also called the Tamarind Plum, has a pod formed with a deli-cate agreeable pulp, much less acid than the Tamarind. Two Codariums are calledBrown and Velvet Tamarinds in Sien-a Leone. Ceratonia Siliqua, under the name ofthe Carob-tree, or Algaroba-bean, is consumed in the south of Spain by horses, and hasbeen imported into this country, it is said with profit, as a substitute for oil-cake. Thedry pulp in which the seeds are buried is very nutritious, and is supposed to have beenthe food of St. John in the wilderness, wherefore it is called Locust-tree, and St. John sBread. Singers are said to chew this fruit for the purpose of improving their , Journ. 3. 79. The seeds of the Caxob-tree are said to have been the original 550 FABACK^. [Perigynous Exogens, Carat weights of the jeweUers. A similar fruit is borne by Gleditschia triacantha,caUed in North America the Honey Locust. In the pods of Hjonensea Courbaril, the. Fig. CCCLXXIII. West Indian Locust-tree, there is a mealy substance in which the seeds are embedded,sweet and pleasant, but apt to purge when recently gathered ; it loses this property asit becomes old. A decoction of the pulp, allowed to ferment, forms an intoxicatingdrink resembling beer. The succulent dinipes of Detarium microcarpum are said to beagreeable to the palate of the Negroes. Some are reported to produce powerfully bitterand tonic effects. The bark and seeds of Guilandma Bonduc are of this class ; thelatter are very bitter ; when pounded small and mixed with castor oil, they form avaluable external application in incipient hydrocele ; the leaves are a valuable discu-tient, fried with a Uttle castor oil, in cases of hernia humoraUs. Bowdichia major, theroots of Poinciana pulcherrima, the wood of Ceesalpinia echinata in powder, aie otherinstances of tonic qu
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