HIBISCUS CANNABINUS, 



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weather, when the bark can he easily pulled off by hand in long continuous strips. The 

 method of extraction is, therefore, much simpler than that of sanai. If the stalks are 

 kept in water too long the fibre loses very greatly in strength, although gaining 

 in colour. 



Its outturn will of course vary very greatly with the thickness and width of the 

 border in which it is sown, and the degree to which it is overshadowed by the crop 

 which it surrounds. Estimates vary between a maximum of 125 seers and a minimum 

 of 20 seers to the acre. 



Explanation of Plate XXII. 



1. Portion of flowering branch, " 



2. Single leaf, 



3. Flower vertical section, J 



nat. size. 



4. Capsule enclosed by calyx, 



5. Vertical section of ditto, 

 G. Seed. 



I" 



at. size. 



