orchilla

"Aye," replied Hiram, dragging off a great bunch of it from what looked like the decayed trunk of one of the oak trees, hollowed out by age and exposure to the heavy tropical rains of the region, "thet's what they calls the orchilla weed, I guess.

The Island Treasure 1887

The orchilla, which is so much used in dyeing, grows abundantly here.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

The first twenty miles of the Kongone are enclosed in mangrove jungle; some of the trees are ornamented with orchilla weed, which appears never to have been gathered.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

In one part we came upon groups of lofty trees as straight as masts, with festoons of orchilla-weed hanging from the branches.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The trees were in general scraggy, and covered, exactly as they are in the damp climate of the Coast, with lichens, resembling orchilla-weed.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

A trader desirous to make a journey into the interior, whether for slaves or ivory, gum-copal, or orchilla weed, proposes to a Banyan to advance him $5,000, at 50,

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

The orchilla-weed and mosses, too, were in but small quantities.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

To this market come the gum-copal, the hides, the orchilla weed, the timber, and the black slaves from Africa.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

A feature common to the forests of Angola and Benguela, namely, the presence of orchilla-weed and lichens on the trees, with mosses on the ground, began to appear; but we never, on any part of the eastern slope, saw the abundant crops of ferns which are met with every where in

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The Angolan orchilla was first sent to Lisbon by Sr.F. R. Batalha: it is a moss, like the tillandsia of the Southern United States, and I afterwards recognized it in the island of Annobom.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003