The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t7.55
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c5.s12.t7.55
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c5.s12.t7.55
THIS plant is cultivated in gardens for the sake of its flowers. These open at sunset, and before morning strew the ground thickly with their fallen corollas. Native women and children collect them and, separating the orange coloured tubes from the white petals, dry them in the sun and preserve them for dyeing their clothes a beautiful buff or orange colour.