3BS Di. tONS OF 



g, , tough not liable to :. ' r breakj liowever much bent 

 ed, proof againft bei !;■;:{ ;:r-;.;: eaten/ and not in- the lead 

 *' iubjed; to dampneCs from any vk':.. "in the weather i beiides, 

 ^* if drenched or kept in wate y confiderable time, it 



" will not rot. li is invariably ul... . °r Kamoon, Siud in great 



"* requefl: in many parts of the pla , lor the purpofe of writing 

 ** Nufubnaraees or genealogical Records, Deeds Sec* from its ex- 

 *' traordinary durability* It is generally made about one yard 

 " fquare, and of three different quahties« The be(i fort -is^ re- 

 " tailed at the rate of 40 fheets for a current rupee, and at whole- 



fale 80 (beets. The fecond is retailed at the rate of 50 iliects 

 ' for a current rapee and 100 at who'efale. The third, of a much 



fmaller fi2;e, is retailed at 140 iheet^^ and wholefale 160 to 170^ foF 

 "" the rupee. The following is the very dmple procefs of manufadur- 

 ■* ing this paper, /.fter fcraping. off the outer furface of ■ the bark, 

 "^ what remains is boiled in fair , water with a-fmalhjqti;antity of 

 "• the aO'ies of the oak, a moft i^i'ecelfary part of the ingredients, 

 '*''- which has the effed of cleaning and whitening the' fluff/ Af-- 

 *■' ter the boiling, u is. wafhed and immediately beat to a pulp 

 *^ widi fir all raaUe:ts on a lloo^, • fo. that when mixed up in. a vat 

 ^'^ with the fdirefl: water, it has the appearance of flour and water. 

 ^^ It is then fpread on moulds or frames made of common bamboo 



^' mais," 



Daphne Gardneri. ■ Wal'L 



Capitulis iateralibuawp.e4)jnculatts fericeis roaximis exade glohons^ pe-» 

 rianthii laciiaiis, fubrotundis,. interioribus crenulatis, iligmate acuto 

 oblongo, foliis lapceolatis acutis petiolatis, fubtus villofis. 



Habitat in montibus Napalise, ubi floret vigetque mi.tio, anoio 



Kemea vernacuium Chuckmaree Soak, 



