DIVISION I. 



Class 4. D. 



DYES. 



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N. O. 18. FLACOURTIACE.E. 



Bixa Orellana. Linn. Heart-leaved Arnotta. 



Linn Syst. Polyundria Monogynia. 



The orange-red, waxy pulp, covering the seeds, separated by macera- 

 tion in hot water, and made into balls or cakes, Arnotto, Anatto, 

 Anotta, Roucon, Orellana, Terra Orellana, 



Vernacular. Lut-kun, Beng. Hind. Gaivpurgee, Hind. Kisree, 

 By. Kuppa-manhala, Can. Korungoomunga, Mai. Kooragoo- 

 mangjul, Tarn. Jafra, Tel. Kaha-yaha, Cey. 



Habitat. West Indies. Cultivated in Mysore, Travancore, Bengal. 

 Seen in Bombay gardens also. 



Remarks. First described by Clusius. Besides the use of Arnotto as a 

 dye, it is fraudulently added to butter and to chocolate to heighten their 

 colour. In Hindoostan the wood (Dar-huld, vulg.J of species of Berberis, 

 N. O. 8, is used as a dye. Isatis tinctoria, 'Woad, N. O. 15, the 

 lo-dns of Dioscorides, and Isatis and Glastum of Pliny, yields a blue dye, 

 with which the Britons coloured themselves, the practice indeed being the 

 origin of their name, britho being the Celtic of " to paint." Glastum 

 is from the Celtic glas, blue ; whence, also, Glastonbury, Glasnevin 

 (Dublin Bot. Gardens), Glass-Haughton, Glasgow. Fortune states that 

 Isatis indigotica is used as a dye in China. Reseda Luteola, W. Weld, 

 or Dyers' Yellow-weed, of Britain, N. O. 17. Resedacese, affords a 

 beautiful yellow dye, from which Dutch Pink is prepared. Cochlos permum 

 tinctorium, Walper, N. O. 19 of Senegambia, is used as a dye; also 

 Polygala tinctoria, Vahl, N. O. 22, in Arabia; the flowers of Alth cea 

 rosea, Hollyhock, and Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis, Chinese Hibiscus, N. O. 30 

 are used for their colour; the bark of Elceocarpus Hinau, N. O. 33. 

 Tiliacese, is used in New Zealand as a dye, and the leaves of Vallea cordifo- 

 lia in Peru ; Gamboge the gum-resin of Hebradendron cambogioides, Gra- 

 ham, N. O. 42, of Siam ; and Cissus tinctoria, N. O. 53, in the Brazils. 

 With Euonymus tingens, N. O. 68, the Hindus mark the tika on their 

 foreheads. French Berries, Graines cVAvignon, Turkey Berries, or 

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