268 RESULTS OF DR. ROXBURGH’S EXPERIMENTS 
Comparative Strength of Fibres, both dry and wet, ascertained by weights 
suspended to four-feet lengths of the several lines. 
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NAMES OF THE PLANTS, a2 | 34 ee 
Bo Eo bese 
And brief Remarks on the various Materials ee as a g 
employed in these Experiments. Bou | Bos etal 
No. 488 | 428 | 282 
1 | Hemp, the growth of 1800, from the Com- 
pany’s Hemp Farm near Calcutta ‘i | 158] 190 20 
2 | Jeetee (Asclepias tenacissima) 248 | 343 38 
4 | Sunn (Crotalaria juncea), cut before the plants 
were in blossom, and steeped immediately .| 112 158 41 
5 | The same as No 4, but dried, or rather kept) 
for some time before they were steeped 60 78 30 
6 | Sunn cut when in full blossom, and secre 
immediately . . 130 | 185 42 
7 | No. 6, kept drying for some time . ‘ 100 | 166 66 
8 | Sunn cut when the seeds were perfectly ripe. 150 | 203 35 
9 | The same as No. 8, but dried ‘i 110 | 163 48 
10 Sunn, winter crop, cut when the seeds were 
ripe, and steeped immediately . . -| 160 | 209 31 
11 | A var. of Corchorus capularis, Teetah Paat .)| 143 146 2 
12 | Reddish Corchorus capsularis, from China .| 164 164 |. 0 
13 | Corchorus olitorius, Bunghi Paat . $ 113 125 11 
14 | Aischynomone cannabina, Dancha, cut when 
the seed was nearly ripe. 138 | 145 | 5 
15 | Abroma augusta, young shoots cut before the 
blossoms appeared. 100 | 112 12 
16 | The same, from old igneous. plants, that had 
ripened their seed. 121; 121 0 
17 | Hibiscus strictus, from the Moluccas F -| 104 115 10 
18 | No. 17, after it had ripenedits seed . 128 | 135 5 
19 Hibiscus cannabinus, cut when in blossom, 
and steeped immediately . ‘ 7 +) 115 | 133 15 
20 | The same, cut when the seed was ripe . 110; 118 7 
21 | Hibiscus (No. 18 of the next table), cut when 
in flower, and steeped immediately . 116 | 123 6 
22 | Hibiscus Sabdariffa, cut when in flower, and 
steeped immediately . 2 89 | 117 31 
23 | Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Calee Kustoree, cut 
when in full flower, and steeped immediately] 107 | 107 0 
24 | Hibiscus esculentus, D’heroos, cut when the 
seed was ripe, and ee a few days there- 
after ‘ 79 95 20 
25 | Hibiscus furcatus, cut when in flower and 
steeped immediately . ; , 89 92 3 
26 | Hibiscus pilosus, a large annual species, cut 
when in advanced flower, and afeenen! im- 
mediately. . 97| 130 34 
27 | Guazuma ulmifolia, stout young shoots of 
about six feet in height, from two reat 
old roots, steeped immediately . F 100 140 40 
28 | Fibres of the footstalks of the leaves of a 
large luxuriant wild Musa, or Plantain | 79 
29 | A line made of fifteen threads of caieicels 
Calloee, Urtica tenacissima : é 240 278 16 
