stalks containing a fibrous substance, capable of being made 
into cordage, but which is neither so strong nor so durable 
as that made ae 
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It has been probably owing to the circumstance of its being 
applied to the same purpose and of the similarity of its foliage 
with that of the hemp, that it has by some authors been 
mistaken for the plant producing the Bang, an intoxicating 
substance made use of in the East, the principal ingredient 
of which appears to be a species of hemp. 
Our plant was very similar to the figure of Commenin, 
above quoted ; but Roxsuren’s representation has a different 
aspect, being taken from a very young plant, in which the 
lower leaves are simple and heart-shaped, those on the middle 
of the stem three-lobed, and only afew at the top deeply 
divided into five segments. 1 
It is a tender annual, requiring to be kept constantly in 
the stove, where it will attain the height of five or six feet. 
Flowers with us in September and October, and will ripen 
its seeds by the end of the year. 
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a A-ripe capsule. b. The interior calyx, shewing the large glands on the 
Diner file. c. A Weed. ay ee ne ne Gg 
