434 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
A. Hibiscus, — In the environs of Djenne, the traveller 
saw an hibiscus, of which cords are made as with 
hemp ) these cords serve for the construction of the 
canoes. At the Senegal there is also an hibiscus fit 
for this operation. It was found, I believe, on the 
banks of the Gambia, where it is known by the name 
of hibiscus cannabinus. In the construction of canoes, 
two trunks of trees are united and firmly bound 
together with the cords in question. 
B. Cotton plant, — M. Caillie observed, on the road 
from Djenne, a species of cotton plant which he believes 
to be annual. This statement has been doubted : yet 
in Egypt there is also an herbaceous cotton-plant, and 
there is no reason against the admission of the 
fact. 
C. The Bombax is a tree known in Senegambia ; its 
fruit produces a very fine and glossy silk, capable 
of being manufactured. M. de Beaufort sent over 
samples of it. The narrative shews that this beautiful 
tree is also very common south of Senegambia. 
D. Bark, yielding a beautiful red dye. M. Caillie has 
not made us acquainted with the nature of the tree 
