On the fibrous plants yielding the Grass-cloth of China. 207 
Arr. XIX.—Notices regarding the plants yielding the fibre 
Jrom which the Grass-cloth of China is manufactured. Com- 
municated by Dr. D. J. Maceoway,* in a letter to Sir James 
« Hume, Hon. Sec. of the Agric. Society of India. 
ciety was induced to refer the matter to Dr. Macgowan, at pres- 3 
ent stationed at Ningpo, to whose obliging kindness it is indebted a 
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for the following interesting particulars, which have been obtain- . e 
is worthy of remark, that the Society’s museum contains several * / 
is called “Pan ;” and from Ava and the Tenasserim provinces... 4... 
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