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POPULAR ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



SO nuinerous are they that our limits would be insufiBcient 

 for their description. In India especially there are some 

 of considerable importance ; and as they have been made 

 known to us by the indefatigable exertions of Dr. Royle^ 

 who collected and exhibited them in hds magnificent series 

 of raw produce at the Great Industrial Exhibition^ it will 

 not be out of place to give the names of those exhibited, of 

 which we know the producing plants. 



SuNNEE. — ^Pibre of the stems of Hibiscus cannahinus 

 (Nat. Ord. Malvacece), called Talungeo^ from Coimbatore. 

 This is also called Brown Indian Hemp, Ambari, and Sun : 

 this last name is more generally applied to another material. 



String and ropes of the fibre of Batihinia racemosa 

 (Nat. Ord. Legtminosd) , called Futwa, from Bhagulpore. 



Jetee or Tongoose fibre, from the stems of Asclepias 

 tenacissima (Nat. Ord. Asclejfiiadaced) , from Madras. 



Tercum fibres, from the bark of Calotropis gigantea (Nat. 

 Ord. Leguminosce) . 



Fibre from the stalks of Tarlcinsonia aeuleata (Nat. 

 Ord. Legtminosd) . 



Pulas cordage, from fibres of the inner bark of Butea 

 frondosa, a fine tree (Nat. Ord. Leguminoscje) . 



Palmyra fibres, from the leaves of Borassus fahelliformis 



