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GiNORiA, Jacq. 



1. americana, Jacq. (atner. p. 148, t. 91. DC. 3, p. 91.) B Cuba., C. S. 

 1840. 



Lawsonia, L. (DC. pr. 3, p. 90 ;— W. and A. pr. \,p. 307.) 



1 . alba. Lam. (DC. o. c.p.9\ ;— W. and A. I. c. ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 67 ; — Wight, ill. 1, t. 94,— L. spinosa, L. — L. inermis, L. ; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 2, p. 258 ;— Alcanna, Gurt7i. fr. 2, t. 110 ^—Rheed. 1, /, 40 ; — 

 Rumph. 4, t. 17.) Csrf^ Mendi. 5 Moluccas, Peninsula of India, Bengal. 

 (Serampore,) Hindoosthan, &c. Exists in a cultivated state in N. 

 Africa and most parts of the Oriental region. Fl, small, pale greenish, 

 fragrant ; and fr. the whole year. This is the Henna-plant of Egypt. 

 The fresh leaves, beaten up with Catechu, dye the nails and skin of a 

 reddish orange colour, which is much admired by the women of India 

 and Egypt. The fresh made paste is laid on at bed-time, and removed 

 in the morning, when the colour remains till the nails or epidermis 

 are renewed or removed. (Roxb.) The leaves are also used for dyeing 

 skins and maroquins reddish yellow, and for many other purposes. 

 They contain no tannin. (Edinb. Phil. Journ. 12, jo. 416.) 



Grislea, Lofl. (DC.pr. S, p. 92 ;—W. and A. pr. \,p. 307.) 



1. tomentosa, Roxb. (Coram. 1, t. 31 ; — fl. ind. 2, p. 233; — DC. I. c. ; 

 — W. and A. o. c. p. 308 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 67 ;—B. Reg. I, 

 t. 40;— B. M. 44, t. 1906.— Woodfordia floribunda, Salisb. par. lond. 

 t. 42. — Lythrum fruticosum, L. — L. ? Hunteri, DC. pr. 3, p. 83.) 

 *r^ Dhub. 5it^*Po> Dhaee phool. 3 Peninsula of India, Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore,) Oude, Deyra Dhoon, Timor, Java, China. Fl, middle- 

 sized, scarlet, with rose-coloured petals, Feb. and March ; fr. R. S. 

 Fl. employed in India, mixed with Morinda, to dye red. (As. Res. 

 4, p. 42.) 



Lagerstromia, L. (DC.pr. 3, p. 93 ; — W. and A.pr. I, p. 308.) 



1. indica, L. (DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 505 ; — 

 Wight, ill. 1, t. 95;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 67 ;—B. M. 12, t. 

 405. — Velaga globosa, Gdrtn. fr. 2, t. 133, — Rumph. auct. t. 28.) 

 C^ffitWt^'Tl Telanga-cheena. 5 China. Fl. largish, R. S. ; fr, ge- 

 nerally 0. 



a. rosea ; — Fl. very deep rose-coloured. 

 /3. lilacina ; — Fl. purplish-lilac, 

 -y, alba ; — Fl. white. 



2. parviflora, Roxb, (Coram. 1, /. 66 ; — fl. ind. 2, p. 505 ; — DC. pr. 3. 

 p, 93 ; — Wight, icon. t. 69, not W. and A. ;— /. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 

 67, excl. L, microcarpa, Wight.) b Peninsula of India, Deyra Dhoon, 

 Fl. small, white, fragrant, H. S ; fr. Aug, and Sept, 



3. Regime, Roxb. (Coram. \,t. 65 ;—fl. ind. 2, p. 505 ;—DC. pr. 3, p. 

 93 ;—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 308 ;— Wight icon. 2, /. 413 ;— /. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 67. — L. Flos regina;, Retz. — Adambea glabra, Lam; — 

 Rheed. 4, t. 20, 21.) ^t^^ Jarool, L. b Circars, Courtallum, Valley 



