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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



Arnatto Blxa orcllana. 



colour, but as they ripen change to a dark brown, 

 and bursting- open display a splendid crimson farina 

 or pulp, in which are contained thirty or forty seeds, 

 in shape similar to raisin stones. As soon as they 

 have arrived at maturity these pods are gathered, 

 divested of their husks, and bruised. Their pulpy 

 substance, which seems to be the only part that con- 

 stitutes the dye, is then put into a cistern with just 

 enough water to cover it, and in this situation it 



