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373. Mercurialis leiocarpa, S. et Z., Jap. Yama-ai ;<br />
an evergreen herbaceous plant of the order Euphorbiaceae growing<br />
wild in shady places 1-2 fts. high. In summer it bears yellowish<br />
green flowers of the two sexes on the separate plant or on the<br />
same plant. In former times the juice of this plant was used to<br />
print on clothes in blue colour, but this plant does not contain<br />
enough the colouring matter to make indigo balls.<br />
373. b. Justicia, Jap. Riukiu-ai ; an evergreen herb of<br />
the order Acanthacese produced in Riukiu islands. Several stems<br />
grow in group from one root, attaining to a height of 1 or 2 fts.<br />
The leaves are oblong oval and of a bright dark green colour. It<br />
bears flowers very rarely. In Riukiu it is cut several times in a<br />
year and made into indigo. As this plant contains a great quantity<br />
of good indigo, it is now cultivated also in the southern countries.<br />
374. Myrica rubra, S. et Z., Jap. Yama-momo ; an<br />
evergreen tree of the order Amentaceas growing wild in warm<br />
regions, attaining to a height<br />
of 10-20 fts. It is a diaecious<br />
plant. In spring, the male flowers appear in the form of aments,<br />
and the female in short spikes. The fruits are of a purplish red<br />
colour with an agreeable sweet taste. There is a variety which<br />
produces white fruits. The bark which has the name of Momokawa<br />
or SJiibuki contains much tannin and is used for a<br />
brown dye.<br />
374. b. Machilus thunbergii, S. et Z, Jap. Tamakusu,<br />
Yama-kiisu, Madami ; the bark of this plant (553. b.)<br />
serves as a brown dye in<br />
Hac/iijo-jima.<br />
374. c. Ternstroemia japonica, T/i,, Jap. Mokkoku /<br />
the bark of this plant (661) is used as a brown dye<br />
for clothes in<br />
the Islands of Hachijo, Miyake and Mikura.<br />
374. d. RhapMolepis japonica, S. et Z., Jap. Hamaniokkoku,<br />
Hebaru-no-ki [Satmina), Tekachigi (Loochoo), Saema<br />
(HachiJQ-jima] ; the bark of this plant (671) is used for dying<br />
dark brown. In the islands of Okinawa, Oshima and Hachijo,<br />
it is<br />
used to dye Tsumugi and other clothes.