750 ON THE VOLCANO OF TAAL, 



species in Bengali is called Blunjee-pat ; the other Ginatita-pat, 

 and a wild variety called Bun-pat. The plant is cultivated in the 

 Philippines. Tt is prepared by maceration in water and sun-dried. 

 The trade is very considerable in India, Besides gunny-bags made 

 from the bark, the stems are used for charcoal, gunpowder, fences? 

 basket work, and fuel. It is now also employed in the manufacture 

 of cheap carpets, bags, sacks, and, mixed with cotton, forms cheap 

 broadcloths. It is even- mixed with silk, and from its lustre can 

 scarcely be detected. No article is so universally diffused over the 

 world as the Indian gunny-bag. It is sent from Calcutta to 

 Penang, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, and the whole of the Indian 

 Archipelago for packing pepper, coffee, sugar and vegetables. Jute 

 gives employment to hundreds of thousands in India. Every 

 Hindoo passes his leisure moments, distaff in hand, spinning gunny 

 twist, and in this way an important industry and means of liveli- 

 hood is placed within the reach of all. It is calculated that the 

 quantity of Jute fibre produced in India is not far short of 

 500,000 tons annually. Rauwolf says this plant is used about 

 Aleppo by the Jews who boil the leaves to eat with meat, whence 

 it is called Mauve des Juifs. 



41, CoRCiiORis ACUTANGULUS, L. Another species not uncom- 

 mon in the East, leferred by Centeno to the island. 



42, Grewia multiflora, Juss. Bangalad, Visayan ; Ke-lakki 

 Sundanese, Malay. A shrub common in the East Indies, and 

 which, under the name of G. sefiarin and G. 'prunifolia, is said to 

 extend to the Fiji Islands. It has been seen by me also in North 

 Australia as well as Java, Sumatra, Singapore, and Celebes, 



43, MuNTiNGA calabura, L. a fruit tree which belongs to 

 tropical America, and which only within the last 20 years has been 

 introduced into Luzon. It is now spread everywhere, and is seen 

 in every garden about Manila. As it grows freely, gives 

 abundant shade, and has a pleasant green appearance besides pi*o- 

 ducincr an agreeable fruit, it is much esteemed. The fibre of the 

 bark, and the wood are both valuable. It would be worth intro- 

 ducing into these colonies. 



