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also a very five durable yellow lake, and all these iu a very 

 large proportion. 



The Lite insects are frequently found on the small branches 

 and the pelioh^ of the leaves of this tree. Whether the na- 

 tural juice of its bark contributes to improve the colour of 

 their red iii<lu>i, or colouring* matter, I cannot say. It would 

 require a set of experiments accurately made on specimens 

 of lac gathered from the various trees it is found on, at the 

 same time, and as nearly as possible from the same place, to 

 determine this point. 



I do not find that the natives make any use of the gum, or 

 flowers, although they promise to be valuable. The former 

 as a medicine ; and the latter as a pigment, and dying drug*. 



2. B. superba. Willd. iii. p. 917. /?. Corom. pl.\. jYo, 22. 



Shrubby, twining. 



Telincj. Tiga-muduga. 



This is a very large, twining" shrub, a native of the Circar 

 mountains;. Flowering- time the beginning of the hotseason, 

 and the seed ripens in June and July. 



Root spindle-form, very large. Stem twining, as thick or 

 thicker than a man's leg, woody, very long-, running over 

 large trees. Bark ash-coloured, pretty smooth. Branches 

 like the stem, but with a smoother bark. Leaves alternate, ter- 

 minal, remote, very large. Leaflets downy, in other respects 

 as in B.Jrondosa, but much larger; the exterior one is often 

 about twenty inches long, and broad in proportion, the lateral 

 ones somewhat less. Racemes as in the former, but much 

 larger. JFloicers also the same, only much larger, and more 

 numerous. Calyx divided as the other, but ihe divisions long- 

 er and much more pointed. Coral the same. Legumes and 

 seed as in the former, but rather larger. When this species 

 is in full flower, I do not think the vegetable world offers a 

 more gaudy show. The flowers are incomparably beautiful, 

 very large, and very numerous. The colours are so exceed- 



