wdu:N:Flants 





fer-ed^clileflsy ,m -Do/eg, a ' province to the e^LRw&rd-d^ -Knmotn-^ 

 ■It Epproaehes in foftnefs and fize to that which k made -ii't' 

 Chmd, and itis'not improbaWe that fbme of the latter fnay be pf brac- 

 ed from the iaiiie inat'erial. Loureiro mentions that paper is rhanu- 

 fedured iH' t^e- -i^teighboiiring kingdom of Cochmchind fi'om the 

 bark of bis D, cannabina which feems to differ only in bavirig- op- 

 pofite leaves: a circumilance ,^hich ..may perhaps be owirj-g-tb 

 culture-. It comes extremely near to D,.adora o^ Immnz^Odindi 

 D, indka^oi Osbeck, which fat leaff't^at defcribed m iht Jhrk 

 cochinchmenfisj Dr. Sims w«th ^great propriety faggefts may be 

 ©nly a variety of the former. I^he queftion refpeding the Identity 

 ©r difference of thefe three plants can be fettled only by thafeg 

 who have the means erf comparing i'pe'cimens of them, 



I am indebted for an account of tbe manner of p rep a ringtht) 

 paper from the bark'" of this charming fhrab, and for fome parts 

 ^f the defcriptioii given above, to the communicatioraS of -Lieut. 

 H, R. MuRRAT, and to the following notes extracted from ths 

 official correlpondence of that gentlemam with the Military Board 

 at Calcutta. 



'' The Set'burma or Paper-ihrub is fotsnd on the mcfl expofcd 

 «' parts of the mountains, and thofe the moft elevated and covercd' 

 ">'with fnow.3 throughout the province of Kamom. in trsverGng 

 " the oak forefts between Bheemtah and Ramgur, and again from 

 ** Almora to Ckumpawat, and dovrn towards the river, it has come 

 " under the immediate obfervadon of the uiiter of thefe com- 

 ^* munications that the Set-Burooa, or Paper-plant only thrives 

 " luxuriantly where the oak grows ; fo that it is not likely that 

 « it will fucceedin the plains. It is hardy and attnins a heig-ht 

 *« of 5 to 6 feet ; bloffoming in January and February, and ripen- 

 ** ing its acrid red fruit about the end of ApriU The paper pre- 

 *f pared of iu bark is particularly calculated for cartridges^ bein^ 



