Asclepias. pentandria uigynia. 43 



Section 2nd. Carols Salver-shaped. 



16. A. tinctoria. R. 



Xgaves petioled, long-cordate. Thyrses axillary, soli- 

 tary, glomerate; mouth of the Coro/ hairy. Fructification 

 oblong. 



Farooni-akkar. Marsden's history of Sumatra, page 78. 



The natives of the coast of Coromandel have no name 

 for it, the plant being foreign to them. 



The following description, and the accompanying draw- 

 ings were taken from plants raised in my Garden at Sa- 

 inulcofa, the original of which Colonel Kyd sent me from 

 tlie Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta. With me 

 it is a large twining shrub and has flowered during the 

 hot and rainy seasons. It is quickly and easily propagat- 

 ed by layers, and cutings, 1 have not seen the pericarp. 



Stem and branches twining, round. Bark of the woody 

 parts ash-coloured ; that of the young parts a little downy. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, horizontal, or rather reclining, 

 cordate, or oblong-cordate, obtuse-pointed, a little downy, 

 some-what bubbled, waved ; from four to nine inches long, 

 and from two to six broad. There are some small subulate 

 glands' on the upper side close to the base ; these while 

 young yield a waxy substance. Petioles round, from one 

 to two inches long. Stipules none. Thyrses solitary, be- 

 tween the leaves, peduncled ; as they become old glome- 

 rate, from their increasing length. Flowers very numer- 

 ous, pedicelled, very small, yellow. Bractes minute. Calyx 

 five-leaved ; leaflets oblong, downy. Corol funnel-formed. 

 tube short, gibbous ; mouth nearly shut up with long sil- 

 ver-coloured hairs. Border horizontal. Nectary, &c. 

 agree well with the general character of the gems. 



The leaves of this plant yield Indigo, as mentioned by 

 Mr. Marsden, and by Mr. Blake, in the first volume of 

 the Asiatic Researches. I have also extracted it fromt 

 them by hot water. The few experiments I have yet 



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