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the Bangwellgelta of the Cinghalese, and may be the produce of Fibraurea 

 tinctoria. 



Oobar, or Kayl' Oobaii.— This red wood, according to Dr, Marsden, 

 is used in Sumatra for tanning fishing nets. He states that it resembles 

 the logwood of Honduras, and might be used for the same purposes. The 

 bark and wood were exhibited in 1851 as dye- stuffs. 



Hoang-lou. — The wood of Dier villa versicolor, Sieb. and Zucc, is used as 

 a yellow base for scarlet dyes amongst the Chinese. 



Kuephul. — The bark of Myrica sapida is used for dyeing yellow at 

 Bohilkund. 



Sogah, or Sagah Bark. — This bark, which resembles mangrove bark 

 in appearance, was one of the substances exhibited by the East India 

 Company from Singapore, in 1851, as a dyeing material. 



Samak Bark. — This bark was also exhibited in 1851, from Singapore, 

 both as a tanning material and as a dye-stuff. 



Lopisip. — A dye bark from the Celebes, by way of Singapore. This 

 bark is very thin — -not thicker than good brown paper, and very brittle. 

 An unnamed bark from Singapore, very much resembling this, made its 

 appearance in the London market during the past year ; but, being un- 

 known, and without good introduction, was not at all successful in meeting 

 with a purchaser. 



Puttunghu Bark. — This substance is used for dyeing in the Nizam's 

 country. It was exhibited as received from Capt. Ogilvie in 1851, but no 

 information was attached. 



Am-ka-chal. — This substance is a bark in small pieces, and is employed 

 in dyeing at Patna. 



Bail-ke-chal. — This also is a bark, resembling the root bark of JEgle 

 marmelos. It is employed for dyeing at Patna. 



Boorada-i-mis. — This bark is in small fragments. We have only met 

 with it in a series of dye-stuffs from Patna. 



Garan-chal Bark. — The bark of Ceriops Roxburgliianus is used in 

 India for dyeing, chiefly in the Presidency of Bengal. The tree which 

 produces it is allied to the mangrove, and the bark seems to possess similar 

 properties. 



Kinu Bark. — This bark we are unable to refer to its botanical source. 

 It is employed, to a small extent, as a dyeing material in Mirzapore. In 

 the form prepared for use it consists of pieces about an inch square, and 

 generally half an inch in thickness. It approximates most in appearance 

 to the chopped root and bark of Morinda tinctoria, but evidently not 

 identical. 



Lodh Bark. — The bark of Symplocos racemosa is used in dyeing in India, 

 but chiefly, we suspect, as a mordant. 



Toola Loodh. — The bark of Wendlandia tinctoria is also employed as a 

 mordant, for some of the Indian red dyes. 



Saracundraputtah. — The bark of Catliartocarpus fistida is used at 

 Palamcottah, and other parts of India, as a dye-stuff. 



