USEFUL SPECIES OF CANE. 95 
pale colour ; though some are at least an inch in diameter, and 
others not half that thickness. Some are distinguished by a 
hard, and others by a soft bark. It is not known whether the 
slender are of the same species as the thicker kinds, growing 
in different situations, or from roots of different ages, but 
Rhapis flabelliformis is said to yield the Ground Rattan. 
The Malacca Cane is supposed to be produced by Calamus 
Scipionum, but said to be imported from Siak, on the coast of 
Sumatra. Some of these are simply mottled or clouded, others 
of a brown colour, in consequence, it is said, of their having 
been smoked. The more slender specimens of these, with the 
longest internodes, are those most highly valued. 
The most common kind of Cane, that employed for caning 
chairs, &c., is known in common by the name of Rattan Cane. 
This must be yielded by a variety of the long trailing species 
which abound wherever the genus is found. The most northern, 
named Calamus Royleanus, no doubt yields the Rattans collected 
in the Deyra Doon, while C. Roxburghii no doubt yields those 
collected in more southern latitudes. But it is probable that 
a variety of species yield the thin Rattans of different localities, 
and some of which have already been mentioned. 
Another kind of Rattan is called Dragon Cane. This is 
thicker than the last, both light and dark coloured, with long 
internodes and a hard bark, less flexible than the common 
Rattans, but strong, springy, and much valued. A variety, 
with soft bark, is called Manilla Dragon Cane. 
Other kinds of Canes, imported from China, are known, 
one with stiff stems and large knots by the name of Jambee, 
and one as Whanghee. This has a pale, hard bark, and flexible 
stems, with internodes of about an inch and a half or two 
inches, .and a number of little holes at the knots. 
Some which are occasionally called Canes, are produced by 
species of Bambusa, Saccharum, and other grasses. 
Calamus Draco, a native of Sumatra and the Malay Islands, 
yields, as a natural secretion of its fruit, the best D’jurnang or 
Dragon’s blood, which has been an article of commerce from the 
earliest times, and still continues in demand. 
The Cuamzrops, called Palmetto, is among those best known 
in Europe. C. Ritchiana, called Maizurrye in Pushtoo, and 
