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fishermen use it instead of cork-wood to suspend their nets. 

 The leaves and blossoms are emollient, and used in fomen- 

 tations and cataplasms. 



The bark makes a hemp of a reticular form, but of little 

 strength. 



MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. 



105. Theobroma guazuma, L. — Bastard Cedar. 



Bastard 'Cedar grows wild in woods, particularly near the 

 sea. The tree is middle sized. The bark is grey and fur- 

 rowed ; the wood soft and useless ; the branches long 

 and spreading. The leaves are of a light green colour. The 

 flowers are small, numerous, and yellow. The fruit is black, 

 round, and of unequal surface, and tastes sweet. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 

 106. Urena sinnata, L r — French Barley Bur. ' 



This plant delights in shady places, by the road-side ; and 

 has been known to rise ten or fifteen feet high. The trunk is 

 grey^ and seldom exceeds one inch in diameter. The leaves 

 are broad, smooth, and shining. It puts forth white blos- 

 soms in autumn, and continues flowering several months. 

 The petals are five, and lapped over each other, agreeable to 

 the motion of the sun. 



The ripe burs resemble linseed bows, and contain four 

 seeds similar to barley, hence the name. They are farina- 

 ceous, and are eaten by rats. 



The plant is mucilaginous, and consequently emollient ; I 

 discovered that it, and every other of this class, make hemp, 

 when steeped for some time in water, as shall afterwards 



