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Native of Tropical Asia. Cultivated in the West Indies. 



The bark is astringent ; used medicinally in India, and likewise 

 the root and leaves (Beddome, Fl. Sylv. i. p, 29 ; Mus. Kew). 



The wood is of a light walnut colour (Tech. Rep. and Sci. Papers 

 Imp. Inst. 1903, p. 292), reddish or nearly white, tough and durable 

 under water but not under ground ; used in India for boats, canoes, 

 gun carriages, carts, wagons, ammunition box-boards, building, &c, 

 in Ceylon for casks and various other purposes (Beddome, Fl. Sylv. 

 i. p. 29), in Burma where it is one of the most important timber 

 trees, for somewhat similar purposes (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb.) ; 

 recommended for paving blocks, price in Rangoon (1900) for 

 100 sq. m. (7750 blocks), 1000 francs (Mus. Kew) ; weight per cubic 

 foot 41-77 lbs. (Tech. Rep. and Sci. Papers, Imp. Inst. 1903, p. 292). 



May be propagated by seeds, which require special care. Seed 

 should be collected from well established trees, sown in shallow 

 boxes, in very light sandy soil ; the seedlings may be pricked off 

 into small pots — bamboo or earthenware — and kept growing by 

 repotting into larger sizes in richer soil, until strong enough to plant 

 out in permanent places. The plants begin to flower in the course 

 of two or three years, and finally develop into large handsome trees. 



In addition to its value for timber, the tree is everywhere admired 

 for its beauty, and the main efforts seem to be centred iu growing it 

 under cultivation for ornamental purposes. 



The tree is being planted along the river at Oloke-Meji, where in 

 1911, two acres of plants were thoroughly established (Lagos 

 Customs & Trade Journ. Aug. 2nd, 1911, p. 157). 



Ref. — u Lagerstroemia Flos-Reginae" in Diet. Econ. Prod. India, 



Watt. iv. 1890, p. 582. "Lagerstroemia Flos-Reginae, (Jarul)"; 



A brief account of existing information amplified by details obtained 

 through Officers of the Indian Forest Department, and a recent 

 report by Prof. Unwin, F.R.S., on mechanical tests of the timber at 

 the Imperial Institute, in the Agric. Ledger, No. 9, 1897, pp. 1-7 



(or of the Annual Series pp. 177-183). " Lagerstroemia Flos- 



Reginae" in Man. Indian Timbers, Gamble, pp. 373-375. 



Lawsonia, Linn. 



Lawsonia alba, Lam. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. II. p. 483. 



///.—Lam. Encycl. t. 296, f. 2 (Henne) ; Plenck, Ic. t. 296 (L. iner- 

 mis) ; Desc. Ant. viii. t. 596 (L. inermis) ; Wight, Illust. t. 87 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. (Anal. Gen.) t. 14, f . 6 ; Vidal, Fl. For. Filip. t. 52c (fl. & fr.) ; 

 Volkens, Notizbl. App. xxii. No. 3, 1910, p. Ill, t. 58 (L. inermis). 



Vernac. names. — Lalle (Kontagora, Ilorin, Dudgeon) : Lali (Lagos, 

 Dawodu) ; [Khenna (Egypt) ; Al Khanna (Arabic) SafforoV\ ; Cina- 

 moms (Guam, Philippines, Safford) ; Chi-Kiah-hwa, (China, Smith) ; 

 Henna (Sierra Leone, Barter) ; Henna, (Katan, Hadramaut, Lunt); 

 Maindee (India, Hooker) ; Jagive or Jagwi (Sierra Leone, Scott 



Elliot) ; Cumin (Siam, Mus. Kew). Indian Privet, Egyptian 



Privet, Jamaica Mignonette, Reseda de Cayenne. 



Lagos ; Kontagora ; Ilorin ; Borgu, arid widely distributed in 

 Upper Guinea and the Soudan, Persia, India, &c. 



The powdered leaves are used as a dye for the finger-nails and hair 

 by the women of various countries ; in Kontagora and Ilorin 

 (Dudgeon, Herb. Kew ; N. Nig. Govt. Gaz. July 31st, 1909, p. 161), 

 Borgu (Barter), Katan, Hadramaut, 1500 feet alt. (Lunt), Damascus 

 (Hooker). 



