CROTALARIA JUNCEA. Linn.. \ C. Bengalenels Lam. C. porrecta, Wall, C. tenmfolia, II oxb. iii, 263. C. sericea, 11,Illd, ' ' C. fenestrata, Sims.
Kudrum of . . BRIIAR. Salsettc hemp, . . ENG.
Ghore-sun, . . . BENG. Sunn, . , . HIND.
Maesta pat, . . . „ Pallungoo of . MADRAS.
Tang, Ambharee, BOMBAY. Ambaya pata of PURNET. ran, Paik hean, . BURR. Sanni of . SAIIARUNPUR. Pulai namaji of Comm Sana, . . . . SANRK. Chumpat, Chumese, Cum Kenna,. . . . SINGH. Madras hemp, . ENG. Wakkoo, Janapam, TAM.
Jubbulpur hemp ? . „ Shanal, . . . .
Dekhani brown hemp, ,, Sannamu, . .
The Crotalaria juucea is cultivated for its fibre in many parts of India. Its fibres make a good strong hemp for cordage, canvas, gunny, and sackcloth, twine and paper. It is sown very thickly at the beginning of the rains, so that it may grow tall and thin, and in favourable soil it grows to 8 or 10 feet high. When it begins to flower, it is eut near the root, tied in large bundles, and immersed in water, putting some weight on it, generally mud, to prevent it from being carried away. After remaining immersed from four to
eight days it is withdrawn from the water, taken by handfuls, beaten on a piece of wood or stone, and washed till quite clean, and the cuticle with the leaves completely removed from the other portion of the plant. Each handful is then piled tnusket fashion, and left to dry. When perfectly dry, the woody portion, which has been more or less broken, is separated from the fibre by further beating and skaking. From 3 to 6 maunds of fibre are extracted from each bigha of plant. The raw material on the field, as plant, costs from two to four rupees per bigha, according to quality ; and the prepared fibre costs from four to ten rupees per maund, according to strength, length, and cleanliness of fibre.—Rorb.; Royle.