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seram vayr " from growing plentifully on that island (Drur.), is probably one of the " colour plants " 

 seen by Nikitin in the country around Calicut : * — H. umbellata was observed by Graham " common 

 in the Concans " as far as Bombay, its " root used in dyeing red, purple, and brown orange ; " by N. 

 L. Burmann ind. 37, Ainslie, Roxburgh, Wight, and Simmonds, as far as Coromandel, cultivated 

 besides extensively, but on Cevlon " the wild plant" considered preferable (Drur. J ; is known to 

 occur also on Java (Lindl.). By European colonists, was carried to Mexico (Lindl.). 



Phascolus aconitifolius of Hindustan. Called in Yemen "gotn" (Forsk.), in the environs of 

 Bombay " mut " (Graham), in Hindustanee " dal " (Badg.) ; and the " dalon " produced according to 

 Nikitin in Cambay, — is referred here by Badger edit. Varthem. p. 107: P. aconitifolius was received 

 by Jacquin obs. pi. 52 from Tranquebar (Pers.) ; was observed by Roxburgh, and Wight, in peninsu- 

 lar Hindustan as far as Bengal ; by Graham, "cultivated in the Deccan and Goozerat ; " by Forskal 

 p. 214, cultivated in Yemen for cattle-feed. Transported to Europe, is described by the younger 

 Linnaeus, and is termed "dolichos dissectus " by Lamarck (Steud. : compare Cajanus flavus). 



Curcuma amada of Tropical Hindustan. The mango ginger is called in Bengalee "amada" 

 (Lindl.), in the environs of Bombay •' kajula gauree " (Graham), and is probably one of the " aromatic 

 roots " f seen by Nikitin in the country around Calicut : — C. amada is termed " tommon manga " by 



* Morinda umbellata of Tropical Eastern Asia. A woody climber called in Tamil " noona- 

 marum," in Telinga " moolooghoodoo," on the Deccan " chota-alka " (Drur.) ; and probably one of 

 the " colour plants " in question, — a permanent yellow dye being obtained from its root: M. umbel- 

 lata was observed by Rheede vii. pi. 27 in Malabar; by Nimmo, in "S. Concan " (Graham), nearly 

 as far as Bombay; by Ainslie,*Roxburgh, Wight, and Drury, as far as Travancore and Courtallum. 

 Farther East, by Loureiro in Anam, a red dye obtained by the addition of sappan-wood, according to 

 Simmonds brilliant and very permanent. 



Morinda tomentosa of Southern Hindustan. A shrub called in Malabar "munjenatie" (Drur.) ; 

 and probably among the "colour plants " in question, — its wood known to take an excellent polish, 

 and a dye procured from it : — M. tomentosa was observed by Gibson " at a village below Poorundher 

 Fort in the Deccan" (Graham) ; by Buchanan, and Wight, in other parts of the peninsula; and by 

 Drury, "common in Travancore." 



Wrightia tomentosa of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A small Apocvnoid tree, abounding in 

 yellow milky juice, and probably among the "colour plants" in question: — W. tomentosa was 

 observed by Rheede ix. pi. 3 in Malabar ; by Nimmo, in " the hilly parts of the Concan " (Graham), 

 to and beyond Bombay; by Roxburgh, and Wight, as far as the Circars, cloths dyed in its juice 

 preserving "their colour for two years as bright and as fresh as at first" (Drur.); by Mason, in 

 Burmah. 



Cuscuta rejiexa of Hindustan. Called in the environs of Bombay " akas pawan " or " amurvel " 

 (Graham); and possibly among the "colour plants" in question, — being used medicinally, and 

 occasionally in dyeing : C. reflexa was observed by Powell in the Punjaub ; by Vaupell, " common in 

 Guzerat on hedges and bushes by the roadside," by Nimmo, and Graham, in " the Concans " and " on 

 trees at Mahableshwur ; " by Roxburgh cor. ii. pi. 104, as far as Silhet (Drur.). 



Phytlanthus vittltijlorvs of Tropical Hindustan. A straggling shrub climbing where obtaining 

 the support of bushes, called in Tamil " poola vayr puttay," in Telinga " nella-pooroogoodoo," in Mala- 

 bar "katou niruri " (Drur.) ; and possibly among the " colour plants " in question, — its roots sold in 

 bazaars for medicinal use, and the bark for dyeing reddish brown : P. multiflorus was observed by 

 Rheede x. pi. 27 in Malabar; by Graham, "water courses and other shady moist places in the 

 Concans " to and beyond Bombay ; by Ainslie, Roxburgh, and Wight, as far as Coromandel and 

 Bengal. 



\Alpinia allughas of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A Scitamineous herb called in the 

 environs of Bombay "taraka" (Graham) : and probably one of the " aromatic roots " in question, — 

 being employed medicinally : —observed by Rheede xi. pi. 14 in Malabar; by Nimmo, in "S. Con- 

 can" (Graham), nearly as far as Bombay; by Retz, Ainslie, and Simmonds, in other parts of Hindus- 

 tan, yielding "an inferior sort of galitigal" (Drur.) ; was received by Linnaeus fl. zeyl. from Ceylon 

 (Steud.) ; and was observed by Mason in Burmah. 



Zingiber zerumbet of Tropical Eastern Asia and the Malayan archipelago. A species of wild 

 ginger called in the environs of Bombay " booteh " or "mahaburree booteh " (Graham), in Bengalee 

 "butch" or " mahaburee-butch " (Lindl.), in Anam " ngai xanh " or " ngai mat tloi " (Lour.) ;°and 

 probably one of the "aromatic roots" in question:— Z. zerumbet was "observed by Loureiro 3 in 

 Anam, both wild and cultivated, not edible, but applied externally in contusions and pain in the limbs ; 

 is termed "lampujum" by Rumphius viii. pi. 64; was observed by Blume rare in moist situations on 

 Java; by Blanco, on the Philippines, employed medicinally by the natives ; by myself, in the Malayan 



