VEGETABLE FIBRES. 



nr 



Names of the Plants, or Materials 

 used, and brief Remarks thereon. 



13 



11. 



15 



16 



17 



Corchorus olitorius, Banghi-paat 

 of the Bengalese, and very hke 

 the two last 



Robinia cannabina, Danshaof the 

 Bengalese, cut when the seed was 

 nearly ripe 



Abroma Augusta, Hort. Kew.(No. 

 13 of my former paper) young 

 shoots before the flowers opened . 



The same, from ligneous plants 

 which had ripened their seed . . 



Hibiscus strictus (No. 16 of my 

 former paper, and then mistaken 

 for Hibiscus Manihot) cut when 



early in blossom 



IS The same, but cut when the seeds 

 were perfectly ripe 



19 Hibiscus cannabinus, Meesta-paat 



of the Bengaie^e, cut when in 

 flower, and steeped immediately . 



20 The same^(Gnng-kuraof theTelin- 



gas) cut when the seed was ripe . 



21 Hibiscus, from ihj C.ipe of Good 



Hope(No. 18 of the former paper) 



22 Hibiscus sabdarlffa, cut when in 



flower, and steeped immediately , 



23 Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Kalee-Kus- 



tooree of the Hindoos, cut when 

 in flower, and steeped immediately 



24 Hibiscus esculentus d'Hcroos ol 



the Bengalese, cut wh.en in seed, 

 and steeped a few days after . . . 



Hibiscus bifurcatus, cut when ir. 

 flower, and steeped immediately 



Hibiscus pilosus, an annual, cu; 

 when in advanced flower, and 



steeped immediately 



27 Theobioma guazuma, young ten- 

 der shoots from the roots ol small 

 trees steeped immediatdy .... 



Fibres of the foot-stalks of a very 

 large new species of plantain, 

 (Musa superba) 



X 2 



25 



2G 



23 



113 



138 



100 

 121 



104 

 128 



115 



no 



116 



89 



107 



79 

 89 



97 



100 



7S 



125 



145 



112 

 121 



115 

 135 



133 

 118 

 123 

 117 



107 



95 



92 



130 

 140 



12 

 



10 

 5 



15 



7 



6 



31 



20 

 3 



34 



40 







Remarks 



