BUTEA

(Lat.), n. f. Bu?t(but)'e?-a8, Fr., butée. A genus of a pili on a ceo us shrubs and trees. [B, 19; L, 108.—B. frondosa FRoxpun th]. Fr., butée feuillue. e dhak, or pulas, of India; a tree 30 or 40 feet high.” The flowers (the teesoo, or keesoo, of the natives) yield a yellow dye. À coarse fibre obtaihed from the bark is used as a substitute for oakum. Stick-lac is produced from an exudation from punctures of the twigs made by an insect. From wounds made in the bark a reddish astringent juice exudes which hardens into a red, brittle resin (maduga b. [or Bengal] kino) used in tanning. An oil obtained from the seeds (moodooga oil) is used as an anthelminthic. [B, 5, 19, nia ee gum, B. kino. See B. ‘rondos a, B. superb a, and Bengal k1no.—B. panyiiora, [Roxurgh]. A climbing shrub of India, distinguished by its very small flowers. The gummy exudation is used for hysteria and colic. {B. 19.)—B. superb a f oxburgh}. Fr., butée super be, A climbing shrub. Its flowers furnish a dye, and a variety of kino is obtained from it. [B, 19; L, 87.]