286 The Philippine Journal of Science i9i8 



Royle ^ gives the data in the following form : 



Comparative Statement of the effect of Maceration 116 days in stagnant 

 water, comparing the strength by weights suspended to four-feet lengths 

 of the variotLS cords therein mentioned, when fresh. * 



No. 



NAMES OF THE PLANTS, 



And brief Remarks on the various Materials 



employed in these Experiments. 



Average Weight at which each sort of Line 

 broke. 



When fresh. 



After 116 days' ; 

 maceration. i 



White. 



Tanned 



Tarred. 



White. 



Tanned Tarred. 













rotten 



, as was also 



1 



English Hemp, apiece of a new tiller-rope. 



105 







an English log-hne 



2 



Hemp, Cannabis, the growth of this season, 



74 



139 



45 



all rotten 





from the Company's Hemp Farm near 

















Calcutta. 















S 



Coir, the fibres of the husk of the Cocoa- 

 nut. 



87 







54 















4 



Ejoo, Saguerus Rumphii, Roxb. b 

 jEschinomene cannabina, Oansha of the 



96 

 88 







94 

 40 







101 



84 



56 



66 



6 



Bengalese. The fibres of plants that 

 had nearly ripened their seed. 















6 



The fibres of the bark of No. 6. from 

 plants coming into blossom. 



46 



61 



48 



rotten 



68 



45 



7 



Crotalaria juncea. Sunn of the Bengalese .. 



68 



69 



60 



rotten 



51 



66 



8 



CorchoruB olitorius, Bunghi-Paat. The 

 fibres of its bark called Jute. 



68 



69 



61 



40 



49 



60 



9 



Corchorus capsularis, Ghee-Nalta-Paat. 

 The fibres called Nalta-Jute. 



67 







50 











10 



Flax, Linum usitatissimum, the growth 

 of the Company's Hemp Farm near 



39 







rotten 

















Calcutta. 















11 





110 



79 



78 



rottep 

 30 



rotten 



15i 



12 



Sanseviera zeylanica; in Sanscrit Murva . 



120 



73 



48 



26 



34 



13 



Abroma augusta. Woollet-comul of the 

 Bengalese. 



74 



58 



44 



38 



64 



50 



14 



Guazuma ulmifolia, Bastard-Cedar. The 

 fibres of the bark of some straight lux- 

 uriant young plants. 



52 



47 



45 



30 



39 





16 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, Bola of the Bengalese _. 



41 



62 



61 



40 



55 



70 



16 



Hibiscus strictus. from the Moluccas, a 

 tall, white-flowered variety of it. 



61 







26 





1 









' 



17 



Hibiscus mutabilis ... 



45 



53 







45 





18 





22 







17 







19 



Bauhinia racemosa, Roxb., a large scan- 

 dent species. 



69 







rotten 















20 



The same as No. 19, only maceration was 



56 















used to help to take the bark off the 

















twigs with more ease. 















21 





53 







30 

















• The values are apparently in pounds. — A. 

 ^> Arenga saccharifera (Wurmb.) Labill. 



