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166. 



STILAGO DIANDRA. 



168. 



ROTTLERA TINCTORIA. 



Palla-goomodoo of the Telingas. 



Wassunta-gunda of the Telingas. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, nearly two-faced, oval, entire, 



smooth, from two to four inches long, and from one to two 

 broad. 



Stipules lanced. 



Spikes thread-form, terminal, many-flower'd. Bractes minute, one- 



flower'd. 



Flowers very small, approximated. 



MALE TREE. 



Perianth below, cup-form, obtusely four-tooth'd. 



Corol none. 



Filaments two, four times longer than the calyx. 



Anthers twin, singly oval. 



FEMALE TREE. 



Calyx below, closely embracing three-fourths of the germ, four-or 



five-tooth'd. 



Corol none. 



Nectary : a yellow, fleshy ring, surrounding the base of the germ. 



Germ above, obliquely egg'd. Styles two, spreading; one of them 



always two-cleft. Stigmas simple. 



Drup 



Nut 



A 



of the Circars ; 



j 



wh 



The wood serves 



for various uses. 



167. 



ANTIDESMA PUBESCENS 



Pollarie of the Telingas. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, two-faced, oval, entire, downy, 



from two to four inches long, and from one to two broad. 



■ 



Stipules awl'd, downy. 



A middle sized, ramous tree, with an erect trunk. 



Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, pointed, intire, three-nerved, 



above pretty smooth, below downy ; from four to eight inches 

 long, and from two to four broad. Petiole round, downy, from 

 one to three inches long. Glands two brown, on the upper side 

 of the base of the leaf. 



Racemes axillary and terminal, those of the axills single and simple ; 



the terminal compound, panicle-like. 



Flowers scatter'd, single, small. 



MALE TREE. 



Calyx twice two-cleft : leaflets egg'd, reflected. 



Corol none. 



Filaments between thirty and forty, inserted into the undivided base 



of the calyx. Anthers linear, fork'd at each end. 



FEMALE TREE. 



Calyx below, three-four-or five-tooth'd, generally four. 



Corol none. 



Germ above, egg'd, covered w r ith red powder. Styles three, reflected, 



feathery. Stigmas small. 

 Capsule roundish, three-furrow'd, three-cell'd, three-valved, size 



of a small cherry, covered with much red powder. 

 Seed solitary, globular. 



It is a native of the inland mountainous parts of the Circars ; I 

 never found it any where else. Flowers during the cold season. 



The red powder, which covers the capsules, is a noted dying 

 drug, especially among the Moors, and constitutes a considerable 

 branch of commerce from the mountainous parts of the Circars. 

 It is chiefly purchased by the merchants trading to Hydrabad, and 



other interior parts of the Peninsula. 



When the capsules are ripe, or full grown, in February and 

 March, they are gathered, the red powder is carefully brushed 

 off, and collected for sale ; no sort of preparation being necessary to 



preserve it. 



This substance like Annotto, is difficultly acted on by water ; it 



Spikes numerous, terminal, and from the exterior axills, downy; communicates no particular taste, either by infusion or decoction, 



those of the male tree much longer and more slender. Bractes an d only a pale straw-colour, which acids scarce alter, but alkalies 



Calyx as in the male. 

 Corol none. 

 Sectary : a 



germ 



yello 



brighten and deepen. To spirits it very readily gives a rich, deep, 

 flame-coloured orange, inclining to red. Alkaline salts enable 

 water to extract a very deep blood-red, which, on agitation, pro- 

 duces an orange-coloured froth, and tinges the sides of the vial. 

 Neither spirits nor alkaline solutions dissolve it, for the distinct 

 minute grains of the powder are seen adhering, in their original 

 state, to the sides of the vial, when shaken, but are now of a bright 

 gold or orange-colour, about the size of very minute grains of sand : 

 in this it differs widely from Annotto, which is soluble in both these 

 menstruums. Alum added to the alkalized infusion or decoction 

 fleshy ring surrounding the base of the renders the colour brighter and more permanent; tartar (to ap- 



pearance) in a great measure destroys it; yet the mixture died 



lanced, one-flower'd. 

 Flowers very small, greenish-yellow. 



MALE TREE. 



Perian th five-leav'd : leaflets egg'd, hairy. 



Corol none. 



Filaments five, spreading, longer than the calyx. Anthers double 



No other rudiment of a pistil, than a tuft of wool. 



FEMALE TREE. 



Germ above, obliquely oblong, hairy. Styles two, short, spreading, white silk of a very beautiful colour, if possible, superior to any 



one two-cleft. Stigmas simple. 

 Drupe as in Stilago diandra. 



other I have tried. 



deep, b 



flame-colour of very great beauty. 



H 



This also is a large tree, a native of the same places with Stilago following method: 



diandra, and flowers at the same time. They are much alike in 



Four parts 



Wassunta 



one of powdered alum, two 



b 



th 



of salt of soda (native Barilla) which is sold in the Bazars are 



* It differs from Rottlera indica, Willdenow in Gotting. Journal der Naturwissenschaft. 



l 



Band, l Heft. p. 8, in having three distinct styles 



