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specimen of J. Anil originally referred by Linneus to J. tinctoria, is 
the J. tinctoria of the Species Plantarum. It was apparently from 
early times cultivated in Southern India and throughout the 
with J. Anil, which, though at one time largely grown in Burma 
and Malaya, never has found favour among cultivators in any part 
of the Indian Peninsula. This was, and still is, the J. tinctoria of 
beyond the limits of the area where it now is, or formerly has been, 
thickets that cover a great portion of the island ; finally, Merwara, 
is “‘ Jinjini,” and the 
only use made of the plant is that its seeds are collected and eaten 
This is one of the two forms of 
India the two have at all periods been restricted to fairly | 
defined areas, and to have been grown within these areas practically 
®xclusively, About sixty years ago, the names “ sumatrana and 
Journan or Borany. Vou, 40. (Fes. 1902.] af 
