Morinda. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, §43 
2. Mz tinetoria. R. . : 
Leaves oblong, sub-sessile, opposite to each other, or to 
the solitary one-flowered peduncles. Stamina enclosed. Stig- — 
ma exsert, 
Sans, Uchyoota, 
Hind, and Beng. Ach. See Asiat. Res, iv. 3544, 
Teling. Tagaroo. 
- This small tree I have found pretty common in every 
part of India, where I have been. It is in flower and fruit the 
greater part, if not the whole of the year. : 
- Trunk seldom straight, and only a few feet in height, but 
supporting a pretty large, ramous, shady head. Bark co- 
_ vered with an ash-coloured, deeply-cracked, corky crust. 
Leaves opposite, except where there is a peduncle, in that 
case, solitary, the peduncle occupying the place of the other_ 
leaf, short-petioled, oblong, entire, smooth on both sides, but 
not lucid like citrifolia, pale underneath, from six to ten 
inches long. Stipules within the leaves, as in the other Ru- 
biacee. Peduneles leaf-opposite, ex panding, about an inch 
long, supporting an oval head of aggregate, pure white, Jas- 
mine-like, fragrant flowers, Calyx as in the genus. 
- The compound fruit is well described by Gertner in his 
eipeiesiy and figures of M. citrifolia. 
Obs, The bark of the roots is used to dye red, seanilonees 
fixed with alum, but it is neither bright nor durable. In some 
parts of India it is cultivated for the sake of the roots; see 
Asiat. Res. iv. In the Circars the dyers use the bark of the . 
fresh roots bruised and gently boiled in water for a short 
time, the cloth or yarn is prepared in a cold infusion of the 
powdered gall of Terminalia Chebuda, in milk and water ; it 
is then dried and moistened with alum water, and again dri- 
ed, and receives from the above decoghinny i 
a red. 
» The green fruits are picked lis ‘fie Fiodeon: and eaten oes 
their curries, The wood is hard and very durable, varie- 
