On the fibrous plants yielding the Grass-cloth of China. 213 
the various specimens of fibrous vegetables, the produce of India, 
may perhaps be consulted with advantage in connection with the 
Chinese account of the Ma. Besides the enclosed, I shall only 
be able to send you some seeds of the Chi Ma. There can be 
Canton workmen. Foreigners have referred that fibre to two ons 
plants, Cannabis sativa, and Sida tilefolia (Dr. Abel).* From 
Shanghai is exported the fine strong fibre you have referred to, 
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