BLUEBOTTLE OF ECONOMIC PLANTS. 55 



Blood Plum, a name in tlie Nupfe district of the Pdver 

 Niger for the fruit of MmmatostapMs Barteri, a small tree of the 

 Mango family (Anacardiacese). The fraits are about the size of 

 small olives, borne in bunches something like grapes. They are 



acid and edible. 



Bloodwood, Indian (Lagerstrmma Regince), a large tree of 

 the Henna family (Lythrace^). It is a native of the Peninsula 

 and other parts of India and Burmah. Its wood is of a blood- 

 red colour, and being very durable in water it is much valued 

 for boat and ship building. The root is prescribed by Indian 

 doctors in cases where an astringent is recjuired. It is called 

 Jarool by the natives. L. indica is a native of China, long 

 ago introduced into this country. It is a beautiful flowering 

 shrub in the greenhouse, and with protection against a waU is 

 sufficiently hardy to stand moderate vdnters and flower in the 



open air. 



Bloodwood, Jamaica (Gordonia Jicematoxylon), a small tree 



of the Camellia family (Ternstrosmiaceas). 



Bloodwood, Norfolk Island {BcdogUa luc%da\ a small tree 

 of the Spurgewort family (Euphorbiacese). It attains the 

 height of 20 to 30 feet; it has opposite entire, oblong leaves, 

 which, with the branches, on being cut, emits a red or blood-ILke 

 fluid used as a marking paint. 



Bloodwood, Victoria {Eucalyptus corymbosa), a tree of the 



Myrtle family (Myrtace^). 



Bloodwprt, a name in North America for Sanguinaria 

 canadensis, a pretty, herbaceous plant of the Poppy famHy 

 (Papaverace^), not more than 6 inches high, producing showy 

 white flowers early in the spring. It has thick branching roots, 

 which yield" a yellow pigment, used as a dye; also by the 

 Indians to colour their bodies, and for rude paintings. 



Bluebell. (See Hyacinth and Harebell.) 



Bluebottle {Centaurea Cyamis), an annual of the Composite 

 family (Compositse), common in cornfields, where its pretty blue 

 flowers contrast with the scarlet poppy. 0. nigra, black knap- 

 weed, and G. scaUosa, greater knapweed, are also cornfield pests. 



