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On the Purus, a poison is compounded of the sap of the 

 AssACU {Sajjium aucuparium) and other ingredients. 



The leaNes, and especially the roots, of the deadly liana 

 TiMBO-Ayu {Paullinia pinnatd) Goyana-timbo iPiscldia 

 erythriiia), and Takaira-moika {Cocculus inerme) on the 

 Brazilian Amazons, and of the Baebasco {Jaquinia armil- 

 la7'is) and Guaca-bakbasco (Clihadium) on the Maranon, 

 are used for stupefying fishes in still waters. 



DYES. 



Beazil - WOOD, a species of Casalpina (Ibira-pitanga), 

 grows on the Amazons even to the head of the Napo ; but 

 it is little sought after. 



Fustic, a yellow dye, is obtained from the wood of Ma- 

 dura tinctoria. Other yellow dyes are furnished by Jus- 

 sicea 2>i^osa and Quilloyuya. 



The bark of a Byrsonima (Mueishi) is used to give a 

 maroon color to cloth, and also for tanning. The Mela- 

 noxylon hraiina, a large tree, has a remarkable reddish- 

 brown coloring matter in its bark and wood. 



Caeajurij is a brilliant scarlet dye from the leaves of 

 the Bignonia chica on the Japura and Negro. 



AcHioTE, Anotto or Urucu, prepared from the seeds of 

 Bixa Orellana, growing abundantly on the high Maranon, 

 is used extensively by the Indians in dyeing a reddish- 

 brown or orange-yellow. 



The Esychotria on the Maranon affords a yellow dye. 

 Erythroxylon suherosum (Gallinha choca) yields a more 

 permanent reddish-brown color. 



Indigo (Pseudo-anil) grows wild in many places — as at 

 Santarem, Fonte Boa, and in the provinces of Loreto, Uru- 

 bamba, and Carabaya. 



The fruit of the Jagua, or Vitu {Genipa)^ gives a dark 

 blue, used on the Ucayali and Huallaga. The Moyobam- 



