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Blood Plum, a name in tlie ISTupe district of the Eiver 

 Niger for the fruit of Hcematostapliis Barter % a small tree of the 

 Mango family (Anacardiacese). The fruits are about the size of 

 small olives, borne in bunches something like grapes. They are 

 acid and edible. 



Bloodwood, Indian {Lagerstrcemia Regince), a large tree of 

 the Henna family (Lythracese). It is a native of the Peninsula 

 and other parts of India and Burmah. Its wood is of a blood- 

 red colour, and being very durable in water it is much valued 

 for boat and ship building. The root is prescribed by Indian 

 doctors in cases where an astringent is required. It is called 

 Jarool by the natives. L. indica is a native of China, long 

 ago introduced into this country. It is a beautiful flowering 

 shrub in the greenhouse, and with protection against a wall is 

 sufficiently hardy to stand moderate winters and flower in the 

 open air. 



Bloodwood, Jamaica {Gordonia hmmatoxylon), a small tree 

 of the Camellia family (Ternstroemiaceae). 



Bloodwood, Norfolk Island (Baloghia lucida), a smaU tree 

 of the Spurgewort family (Euphorbiacese). It attains the 

 height of 20 to 30 feet; it has opposite entire, oblong leaves, 

 which, with the branches, on being cut, emits a red or blood-like 

 fluid used as a marking paint. 



Bloodwood, Victoria (Eucalyptus corymhosa), a tree of the 

 Myrtle family (Myrtace^e). 



Bloodwort, a name in North America for Sanguinaria 

 canadensis, a pretty, herbaceous plant of the Poppy family 

 (Papaveracese), not more than 6 inches high, producing showy 

 white flowers early in the spring. It has thick branching roots, 

 which yield a yellow pigment, used as a dye ; also by the 

 Indians to colour their bodies, and for rude paintings. 



Bluebell. (See Hyacinth and Harebell.) 



Bluebottle {Centaur ea Cyanus), an annual of the Composite 

 family (Compositse), common in cornfields, where its pretty blue 

 flowers contrast with the scarlet poppy. C. nigra, black knap- 

 weed, and G. scahiosa, greater knapweed, are also cornfield pests. 



