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plait " is made. It is prepared in the following manner. The 

 young leaves are tied about their centre to prevent them being 

 torn into strips by the wind. When these leaves are fit for use 

 i, e., before they have grown too hard and coarse they are cut 

 from the tree and placed in the sun to bleach. When suffici- 

 ently dry they are smoked with burnt brimstone in casks to 

 render them white. When ready for use they are cut into strips 

 and different forms of plait made according to taste. Of the 

 €oarser plait is made labourers' hats, the finer and more difficult 

 of manufacture being used only for ladies' bonnets and fancy 

 basket work, specimens of which are sometimes produced of ex- 

 quisite finish. 



Oreodoxa oleracea. Mart. *' Cabbage Palm." Bare. Hab. 

 West Indies. 



AsTRocARYUM AUREUM, Gr. ct WeudL *'Gri-gri." **Gru-gru." 

 Hab. Trinidad. 



Areca Catechu, X. Hab. East Indies. 



Rhapis flabelliformis, WilM. Hab. China. 



Cocos nucifera, L. ''Cocoa-nut." Origin. West coast of Panama. 



Martinezia oaryotjefolia, Mart, Hab. Brazil. 



Pritchardia pacific a. 



Livistonia mauritiana. 



COMMELINACEiE. 



Tradescantia virginica, L. Hab. North America. 



T. discolor, Spreng. Hab. Wet Indies. 



CoMMELYNA COMMUNIS, L, Hab. Southcm States of America. 



CyANOTIS DISCOLOR. 



GRAMINE^. 



Arundinaria t'Kcta., Muhlf Hab. Southern States of America. 

 Bambusa vulgaris, 8chrad. (B. Thouarsii, Kth. — B. arundi- 



nacea. Ait.) Common in the marshes. 

 Alopecurus pratensis, Kth. '' Fox tail grass." Hab. Europe. 

 Panicum molle, Sw. " Para grass." (P. barbinode, Tr. — 



P. guadalupense, Steud. — P. meyerianum, iVl S. — P. sarmen- 



tosum, JRoxb. — P. punctulatum, Am.) 



