386 cinchonacejE. 



Much cultivated in the Bombay Presidency. Fl. small, white, H. and 

 R. S ; fr. R. S. Roots employed by the natives, like those of several 

 other species, to dye red. {Roxb.) 

 2.tinctoria, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 543; ed. Carey, 2, p. 197 ,—DC. pr. 

 4, p. 447 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 544 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 

 419 ; — /. Orah. Cat. B. pi. p. 90 ) ^^ Uch 5. Common in most parts 

 of India, (Serampore.) FI. small, vi^hite, and fr. nearly the whole year. 

 Bark of the roots used to dye red. The colour is fixed with alum, 

 but it is neither bright nor durable. The green fruits are picked by 

 the natives, and eaten with their curries. The ivood is hard, very 

 durable, variegated with red and white, and employed for gun-stocks 

 in preference to all other kinds. {Roxb.) 



3. bracteata, Roxb. {fi. iiid. 1, p. 544 ; ed Carey, 2, p. 198 i—DC.pr. 

 4, JO. 447; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 544;— W. and A. pr. I. p. 419; 

 .— Wight, ill. 2, t. \26 ;—BL bijdr. p. 1006 ;— /?m7«joA. 3, t. 98.) 5 

 Moluccas. Andaman and Philippine Islands. Ganjam district. Fl. 

 small, white, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 



4. exserta, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 545 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 199 ;— DC. pr. 4, p. 

 447 ; — ^ Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 544 ; — W. and A.pr. 1, p. 519 ; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 90.) ^•T "^1? Bun-uch. 5 Ataveesy -jungles. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, white, H. and R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



b.multiflora. Roxb. ( /. ind. 1, p. 546 ; ed. Carey, 2, jo. 200 ^—DC.pr. 



4^ p 447 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 545.) 5 Berar. Fl. small, white. 



R. S. ; fr. C. S. Cultivated about Nagpore for the sake of the bark of 



the roots, which is used to dye red. {Roxb.) 

 G.angustifolia, Roxb. (fl. ind. I, p. 547; ed. Carey, 2, p. 201 ;— DC. 



pr. 4, p. 447 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 545 ; not Roth.) 5 Chitta- 



gong. Fl. white March, fr. May. 

 7. vagans, Wall. 5 Fl. small, white, H. S. China. 

 Vangueria, Commers. (DC. pr. 4, p. 454; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. 



549; — W. and A. pr. 1,/). 421.) 

 1. edulis, Vahl. {Symb. 3, p. 36 ;—DC. I. c. ,—G. Don. I. c. ,—W. and 



A. I. c. — V. cymosa, Giirtn. fit. 3, p. 75, t. 193. — V. madagascarien- 



sis, Gmel. — V. Commersonii Desf. ; — Jacq. hort. schonbr. 1, t. 44. — 



Vavanga chinensis, Rohr. Skrift. Naturh. Sebk. Kjubenh. 2, p. 207. 



Vavanga edulis, Vahl. I. c. t. 7.) 5 Madagascar, from whence it has 



been introduced into the Mauritius, China, &c. Fl. small, white. 



Has been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. .'' 

 2.spinosa, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 536; ed. Carey, 2, p. 112;— DC. pr. 4, 



^.454; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 3, p. ^50. — Meynia spinosa, Lk ; — 



Riim. and Sch. mant.) "^^ Muynu, L. B Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 



small, pale greenish, March and April ; fr. R. S. Fruit eaten by the 



Natives. 

 Z.macrophylla, Wall. $ Chittagong. 



