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(Major Jenkins.) Of this is made fine pliable ropes, and especially 
those used by elephant hunters in the jungles. (Dr. Campbell.) See 
our vol. ii. p. 27, of this Work. 
Bag made of the Bark of Sterculia villosa, Roxb. These bags are 
very quickly made, by steeping logs for a few days, and then stripping 
off the bark. They are much used for the conveyance of goods in the 
Goa territory and Canara, as the far superior bags made of Antiaris 
saccidora (Lepurandra saccidora, Graham, Pl. of Bomb.) are, further 
south.—See the bags of the latter, under Artocarpee. 
Wood of Sterculia platanifolia, L. fil. Japan. Cultivated; from the 
greenhouse of the Duke of Northumberland, Syon. 
Gum Tragacanth, of Sierra Leone? Sterculia Tragacantha?, Lindl. 
(Messrs. Drew and Co.) 
Gum of Sterculia Carthaginense, L. Venezuela. (M. Wagener.) 
Gum Kuteera. Sterculia urens, Roxb. Bombay. A gum somewhat 
like Tragacanth, as a substitute for which a quantity of it was some 
years ago imported, but it was soon found that it was not either so 
-soluble or so glutinous as Tragacanth, and its importation has therefore 
ceased. (Gum Kuteera is by Dr. Lindley referred to Cochlospermum 
Gossypium, in Cistacee.) 
Fruit of Sterculia Balanghas, L. Malabar. (Hort. Kew.) Seeds 
wholesome, and when roasted nearly as palatable as chestnuts (Roxb.). 
In Amboyna the pericarp is burnt to make a pigment called cassouméa. 
E Woven Cloth from the fibre of Sterculia sp. Khasia. (Major Jenkins.) 
Worn by the Kuki chiefs. 
— . Bottle-tree of Australia. Delabechia australis, Lindl. Interior of 
subtropical Australia. (Dr. Lindley.) (Sterculia guttata, Roxb., and 
no doubt many other species of the genus, make excellent cordage.) 
Ord. ByTTNERIACES. CHOCOLATE FAMILY. 
. By Jussieu this Order is united with Stereuliacee and Bombacea ; it 
is peculiarly interesting, as including the Chocolate-tree. 
Chocolate. Theobroma Cacao, L. Fruits and seeds; (the latter of which 
yield Chocolate and Cocoa), from Trinidad, Granada, Bahia, Nicaragua, 
Caracas, Para, Guayaquil; shells of the Nuts, Nits ; numerous samples 
of prepared Chocolate and Cocoa ;—a very fine collection, prepared and 
presented by Messrs. J. and S. Fry and Sons, of Bristol. “An interesting 
. ease, with various preparations, is presented also by Mr. L. Monteiro, 
