Catalogue of the vegetable production of the Presidency of Bombay : including a list of the drugs sold in bazars of western India / compiled by G.C.M. Birdwood.

Date:
1865
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Credit: Catalogue of the vegetable production of the Presidency of Bombay : including a list of the drugs sold in bazars of western India / compiled by G.C.M. Birdwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Habitat. East Indies. Remarks. First described by Garcias ab Orto. Under N. O. 140. Aselepiadaccrc, Gymnema tinyens of Pegu, and Marsdenia tinctoria of Sumatra yield blue dyes. N. O 141. APOCYNACEyE. DOGBANES. Wrightia tinctoria. Don. Dyers'1 Wrightia. Zinn. Si/st. Pentandria Monogynia. Tbe extract of the leaves,—Pala Indigo. Vernacular. Hyamaraka ? Sans. Bhoorcooree, Kala-koora, Kala- kooda, By. Pala, Palak, Palavay-raynoo, Tam. Tshil-ankaloo, Chit-ankaloo, Amkuda, Tedlapala, Tel. Habitat. Concans, Malabar, Travancore, Coromandel, Cochin China. Remarks. Under N. O. 144, Bignoniacete, Bignonia Chica, Humb. et Bon]), of meridional America yields a red dye called Chica, and Jacaranda ovalifolia the Green Ebony of commerce. Under N. O. 151. BoraginaceEe, Anchusa tinctoria, W. Dyers' Bugloss of Britain (one ayxova-a of the Greeks) is the source of Alkanet. I have received also as Alkanet a root used in the Punjab as a dye. It is probably the root of Onosma emodi, Wall. Other species of Onosma and Echium rubrum, and Lithospermuni tinctorium are in Europe and elsewhere substituted for Alkanet. Pheli- pcea hitea, N. O. 159. Orobanchacese, dyes black the ropes prepared in Egypt from the fibre of the Doum Palm. The roots of Calceolaria arach- noidea, N. O. 160. Serophulariacese, yield a crimson dye; called Re/bun in Chili. {Vide N. O. 115, supra.) The yellow flowers of Linaria vulgaris of the same order are also sometimes used in Europe for dyeing. Under N. O. 1G-1. Acanthacepc, a species of Ruellia, produces a blue dye in China called Tienching ; a name the Chinese also apply to the Woad they obtain from Isatis indigotica. In Assam also a blue dye called Room is obtained, according to Griffith, from a species of Ruellia. (Lindley.) Under N. O. Phytolaeacese, the berries of species of Rivinia yield a rich red dye. Under N. O. 176. Polygonacesc, Polygonum tinctorum is cultivated in Europe for its blue dye, resembling Indigo ; and other species also yield it. Under N. O. 185. Thymelacese, Daphne Gnidium and Passerina tinctoria of South Europe, yield a dye. The former is the Casta herba of the Ro- mans, aud 6vy.ikala of Dioscorides. N. O. 195. EUPHORBIACE.E. SPURGEWORTS. Rottlera tinctoria. Rox. Dyers' Rott/era. Linn. Syit. Dicccm Polyandiia. The power on the capsule,—Kamila Capila.