Crotalaria, |= DIADELPHJA DECANDRIA. 263 
removes the reed from the fibres; when the parcel is turned, 
and the other end treated in the same manner. 
This simple mode is very generally followed by the natives 
of Bengal, and not only removes the reed quickly, but washes 
the fibres at the same time; hence the sun of Bengal is al- 
ways whiter than that of Bombay or Salsette, though they are 
the produce of the same plant; and it is probably the most 
- expeditious mode that can be devised ; but unfortunately the 
fibres are always so materially entangled, that they give but 
little support to each other, until by the heckle, they are in 
‘some measure restored to their natural situation, with the loss 
of nearly one half of the original quantity, which renders the 
heckled sux of Bengal high priced, _ 
About Bombay, the Salsette sun, or hemp, as it.is Siaaly 
called, isreckoned particularly good, not inferior to the best 
Russian hemp, and that is all peeled by the hand. Numerous 
experiments made by me, induce a belief that its superiority 
depends on the peeling. 
In that country, and in many other parts of India, the seed 
is sown toward the close of the rains, when a stronger soil is 
said to be required, In other respects the management is the 
same, e 
2. C. teauifolia, R. i ees 
Perennial, ramous, straight-furrowed, hoary, Leaves li- 
near, sericeous underneath, Stipules minute, subulate, Ra- 
cemes terminal, Legumes sessile, clavate, many-seeded, 
A native of Coromandel. In the Botanic garden it is per- 
ennial, growing to the height of nine feet, with numerous, 
slender, furrowed, straight branches, which are again more 
ramous at top; during the cool season each twig ends in a 
long raceme of large yellow flowers; and the seed ripens in 
two months. 
3. Cc. ace, Bak ri cc akg 
Shrubby, erect ; young eats four-comered, villous. 
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