Lawsonia Inermis
This is the celebrated henna of the East. The
use of the powdered leaves as a cosmetic is very general in Asia
and northern Africa, the practice having descended from very
remote ages, as is proved by the Egyptian mummies, the parts dyed
being
usually the finger and toe nails, the tips of the fingers,
the palms of the hands, and soles of the feet, receiving a reddish
color, considered by Oriental belles as highly ornamental. Henna
is prepared by reducing the leaves to powder, and when used is
made into a pasty mass with water and spread on the part to be
dyed, being allowed to remain for twelve hours. The plant is known
in the West Indies as Jamaica Mignonette.
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