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6ASE ' No. 449. Mandiocca strainers. Long, cylindrical, 



107. plaited baskets in which the grated pulp is put after 

 washing and pressed by torsion. 



No. 450. Mandiocca grater, studded with particles of 

 granite, secured in the tough wooden frame by the viscid 

 juice of Couma utilis, Muell. Arg., one of the Dogbanes. 

 CASE Observe on an upper shelf of the first compartment of 



108. *^^^ ^^^^ mounted specimen of plant of Chrozophora 

 plicataj A. Juss., a common weed in Indian Cotton fields, 

 and sometimes known as Indian Turnsole, a purplish 

 blue dye being obtained from the fruits. 



No. 451. Kamala. The red powdery substance 

 obtained as a glandular pubescence from the exterior of 

 the fruits of Mcdlotus philippinensis, Muell. Arg., a small 

 evergreen tree of India, Ceylon, Malaya, &c. Kamala 

 powder is extensively employed as an orange dye for 

 silks, and in medicine as a vermifuge. The fruits, wood 

 and bark are also exhibited. Both the bark and roots are 

 r used for dyeing. Waras (Case 36) is sometimes. used as a 



substitute for Kamala. 



On a lower shelf observe Endi cloth made from silk of 

 the Castor oil Silkworm (Attacus ricini, Boisd.), much 

 used in Sikkim, Nepal, and Bhotan. Cocoons, moths, and 

 raw silk made by the worm which feeds on the Castor oil 

 plant are shown. 



No. 452. Castor Oil, obtained by pressure, either 

 with or without some degree of heat, from the seeds of 

 Ricinus communis, L., a native originally of India. It is 

 now widely dispersed through tropical and warm 

 countries. Known from antiquity as a valuable laxative 

 medicine. Castor oil seeds vary considerably in size and 

 colour. Specimens showing this variation are exhibited 

 from the East and West Indies, Central Africa, &c. 

 Various samples of oil are also shown. 



Note fruits, seeds, and roots of the BOMAH NuT of 

 Natal {Pycnocoma macrophylla, Bth.). The fruits are 

 used for tanning purposes, the seeds yield a sweet bland 

 oil, and the roots are employed in medicine as a purgative. 



Observe also JAMAICA COB NUTS {Qmphalea triandra, 

 L.), a small tree exuding a white juice which dries black, 

 and bearing a yellow globose furrowed drupe, called 



