19& i?ENTANDitiA monogykiA^ Morinda. 



pound fruit is well described by Gaertner in his description and 

 figures of M. citrifolia. 



Obs. The bark of the roots is used to dye red, the colour is 

 ■fixed with alum, but it is neither bright nor durable. In some parts 

 of India it is cultivated for the sake of the roots ; see Asiat. Res. iv. 

 In the Circars the dyers use the bark of the fresh roots bruised and 

 gently boiled in water for a short time, the cloth or yarn is prepared 

 in a cold infusion of the powdered galls of Terminalia Chebula, in 

 milk and water, it is then dried and moistened with alum water, and 

 again dried, and receives from the above decoction, a pretty bright, 

 but fugitive red. 



The green fruits are picked by the Hindoos, and eaten with their 

 curries. The wood is hard and very durable, variegated with red and 

 white, it is employed for Gun-stocks in preference to all other kinds. 



3. M. bradeata, R. 



Arboreous, straight. Leaves opposite to each other or to a pe- 

 duncle, oblong, polished. Anthers within the woolly mouth of the 

 tube. Stigma exsert. Heads bracted. 



Bancudus angustifolia, Rumph. amb. iii. p. ) 57. t. 98. has the 

 process of the calyx of my plant, but I cannot say they agree in other 

 respects. 



Is a native of the Ganjam district from thence Mr. Snodgrass 

 sent the seeds to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where the tree 

 thrives well, and is in blossom during the hot and rainy seasons. 



Trunk straight. Branches opposite, decussate, smooth- — Leaves 

 opposite to each other or lo a peduncle, short-petioled, oblong, acute, 

 smooth, polished, deep green on both sides, margins entire, length 

 from six to twelve inches. — Stipules large, with semicircular apices. 

 < — Peduncles solitary, and always opposite to a leaf, round, smooth, 

 from one to two inches long, supporting a single, small head, of 

 small pure white flowers. In tinctoria and exsert a the peduncle is 

 often in the axil of a small leaf, which stands opposed to the large 

 one,— Calyx. Perianth proper a tumid margin round the crown 



