Asbarg or gandhaki (Afghanistan): Delphinium Zalil. Yellow lakes prepared from the blossoms.
Bahia wood : G,rsalpinia Brasiliensis. Exported from Bahia. Sometimes called Brazilwood. See under Red woods.
Barberry : Berberis vulgaris. Yellow basic dye.
Barwood, or camwood, kambe wood, bobs du cam : Baphia nitida. From west coast of Africa and Jamaica. See under Redwoods.
Bastard hemp : Datisca cannabiva. Alkaline solutions, yellow.
Bilberry, or whortleberry : Vaccinium membranaceum, V. Myrtillus. Blue to purple.
Box myrtle, or yangmm of China, kaiphal of India : Myrica Nagi (M. sapida and M. integrifolia), 21. rubra. Alumina lake, brown orange.
Brazilwood, or fernambourgwood, pernambuco wood, fernambuck wood, hois de fernambuoc, rothholz : Guilan dina crista, Cecsalpinia Braziliensis. Chiefly from Brazil and Jamaica. See under Redwoods.
Brazilettowood, or Jamaica redwood, Bahama redwood : Balsamea sp. See under Redwoods.
Buckthorn : Rhamnus cathartica. Purple juice which when treated with alkali becomes green. Used in confec tionery as sap green.
Buckwheat : Fagopyrum csculcntum. Yellow color from leaves and stalk.
Buttercup : Ranunculus bulbosus and other species. Yellow.
Cabbage : Brassica olerarea. Contains cauline, prob ably identical with the cyanine of wine.
Camwood, or gaban wood, poa-gaban : Closely allied to barwood. From African coast. See under Redwoods.
Capers : Capparis spinosa. Yellow.
Caramel: Sugar heated above its melting point turns brown and is converted into caramel. Brown.
Carrot : Daucus Carole. Yellow.
Catechn : Acacia Catechu, Ourouparia gambler. Brown to dull red colors. Influenced by oxidation. Contains catechin.
Celery, or smallage : Apium graveolens. Yellow-green. Chamomile (Ger.), or rnatricario : Matricaria Chamo mai. Alumina lake, yellow.
Chay root, or the root, cherri vello, sayavee, imbural, turbuli : Oldeilandia umbellate. Contains alizarin, pur purin, etc. See under Madder.
Chelidoine juice : Chelidonium majun Yellow. Chica-red, or crajina : Arrabidcea Chica (Bignonia Chita). Vermilion-red powder, insoluble in water ; solutions, orange to red.
Chinese green, or lokoa : Rhamnus tinctoria, R. Dahurica. Only green dye other than chlorophyll.
Chinese yellow : Gardenia grandijlora. Other Chinese yellows are wongsky, wougsky, wongschy, hoang-teng, hoang-tschi, hoang-pe-pi, and ti-hoang.
Chrysamic acid : Aloes. Action of nitric acid on aloes. Yellow in alcohol.
Chlorophyl/ : Green color of plants.
Cochineal, or cochenille, coceionelIa : Coccus cacti (dried bodies of the female insect). Contains carminic acid soluble in water with purple color ; lakes, red to purple ; alum or tin lakes, cochineal carmine or coccerin.
Cotinin : Preparation from young fustic. Yellow.
Cranberry or red bilberry : Vaccinium Red.
Cudbear, or cudbeard, perseo Lecanora tinctoria, Variolaria °retina (lichens). Differs from archil in being in powder and free from excess of ammonia. Bluish red.
Cyanin : Coloring matter from petals of flowers. Occurs in wine. Blue, turning pink with vegetable acids.
Dragon's blood (palm): Deemonorops Dram. Red resin, used chiefly for coloring varnishes, for preparing gold lacquers, for tooth tinctures and powders, and for staining marbles.
Dragon's blood (Socotra) : Draccena Cintuzbari. Red resin.
Dwarf elder : Sambucus Mules. Red.
Dyer's broom : Genista tinctoria. Yellow.
Dyer's woodruff : Asperule tinctoria. Contains colors similar to alizarin.
Elderberry : Sambucus Canadenais, S. nigra, S. pubens. Red.
Fairy cup or blood cup : Chlorosplenium ceruginosunt. Calcium lake, green.
Flavin : Prepared from oak bark. Olive yellow to dark brown powder. Yellow.
Forget-me-not : Myosotis palustris. See Cyanin. French purple : Prepared from archil by treatment with acid.
Fustic (old) or yellow Brazilwood, Holland yellow wood, murier des teinturiers, bole jaune, gelbholz : Chlorophora tinctoria (Morns tinctoria). Contains morin and maclurin. Yellow.
Fustic (young) or boil jaune de Hongrie, du Tirol, Fisetholz, fustel : Rhus Colinus. Contains fisitin. Yel low.