Morinda. pextandria monogynia. 543 



2. M. tinctoria. 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 Benxj. Ach. See Asial. Res. iv. 35 — 44. 



Teling. Tagaroo. 



This small tree I have found pretty common in every 

 part of India, where 1 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 pedunele occupying the place of the other 

 leaf, short-petioled, oblong, entire, smooth on both sides, but 

 not lucid like citrijblia, pale underneath, from six to ten 

 inches long. Stipules within the leaves, as in the other Ru~ 

 biacea-. Peduncles leaf-opposite, expanding, 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 Gaertner in his 

 description and figures of M. citrijblia. 



Obs. The bark of the roots is used to dye red, the colour is 

 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 Chebula, in milk and water ; it 

 is then dried and moistened with alum Avater, and again dri- 

 ed, and receives from the above decoction, a pretty bright, 

 but fujjitive red. 



The green fruits are picked by the Hindoos, and eaten with 

 their curries. The wood is hard and very durable, varie- 



