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AUSTRALIAN BOTANY. 



Common Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Native Country. 



Grasscloth Plant 



Bcehmeria nivea 



China, Japan, and India 



(Chinese) 







Grasscloth 



Pipturus argenteits 



Queensland, South Sea 



(Queensland) 





Islands, and Indian 

 Archipelago 



Hemp 



Cannabis sativa 



Asia 



Indian Rose 



Hibiscus mutabiiis 



East Indies 



Hemp 







Jute 



Corchorus capsularis and C. 

 olitorius 



Asia 



Lace Bark (New 



Hoheria populnea 



New Zealand 



Zealand) 







Maddoo Grass 



Cycas circinalis 



Malayan Islands 



Manilla Hemp 



Musa textilis 



Philippine Islands 



Muddar Plant 



Calotropis gigantea 



India 



Papyrus, or 



Cyperus (Papyrus) anti- 



South Europe and the 



Paper Reed 



quorum 



East 



Peruvian Hemp 



Btwnapartea juncea 



Peru 



Petre Hemp 



Yucca gloriosa 



Southern United States 

 of America 



Pita Hemp 



Agave americana 



South America and West 

 Indies 



Queensland 



Sida retusa 



Queensland, Asia, 



Hemp 





Africa, and America 



Queensland 



Hibiscus splendens 



Queensland and New 



HollyhockTree 





South Wales 



Ribbon Tree of 



Plagianthus betulinus 



New Zealand 



Otago 







Rosella Hemp 



Hibiscus sabdariffa 



East and West Indies 



Screw Pine 



Pandanus, various species 



Mauritius, Pacific Isles, 

 Australia, Java, etc. 



Sea Mallow 



Lavatera maritima 



South Europe 



Sesal Hemp 



Fourcroya gigantea 



South America and West 

 Indies 



Sheathed Rush 



ytincus vaginatus 



New South Wales 



Spear Lily 



Doryanthes excelsa 



Queensland and New 

 South Wales 



Sunn Hemp 



Crotalaria juncea 



Tropical Australia, S. 

 Asia, and Jamaica 



