298 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
The capsules of this plant yield a powder which gives a bright 
yellow dye. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
22. Mallotus phillipensis, 1/uel/. Arg., (Syn. Croton phillipensis, 
Lam.; Rottlera tinctoria, Roxb.; L£chinus phillipensis, 
Baill.) ; N.O., Euphorbiacez, B.FI., vi., 141. 
“Kamala” of India. ‘‘ Poodgee-poodgera” of the aboriginals of 
Queensland. 
This plant is also a native of tropical Asia. The capsules 
yield a reddish powder, known in India by the name of ‘‘ Kamala,” 
and employed by the Hindu silk dyer to yield a red dye of great 
beauty by boiling with carbonate of soda. Other parts of the plant 
yield a similar powder, but in much less abundance than on the 
capsules. The bark is also used for dyeing. 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
23. Morinda citrifolia, Zxx., (Syn. Sarcocephalus cordatus, 
Miq.); N.O.. Rubiacez, B.FI., iii, 402 and 423. (Muell., 
Cens., 74 and 75.) 
“ Leichhardt’s Tree.’’ ‘‘Indian Mulberry.” (For other botanical 
synonyms and vernacular names, see “‘ Timbers.’’) 
Baron Mueller exhibited at the Intercolonial Exhibition of 
Melbourne, 1866, cotton and woollen fabrics dyed with bark 
from the root of this tree from Queensland. Tints of yellow were 
obtained. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
24. Morinda citrifolia, Zizx., (Syn., JZ. guadrangularis, Don.); 
N.O., Rubiacez, B.F1., iii., 423. 
“Indian Mulberry.” (For other synonyms, see ‘‘ Timbers.”) 
The root yields a yellow, and the bark a red dye. It is used 
by Polynesians to colour their dresses, and in Madras for 
dyeing red turbans. The colour is fixed with alum. 
Queensland and Northern Australia. 
