In Africa, besides the esparto grass and the bark of the Adansonia, there is a fibre-producing plant called diss-grass, which can be obtained in such quantities and at such a price as may render it a useful luxury. The dwarf palm can be obtained in almost any quantity in Algeria, hut the cost of collection is rather more than that of esparto, as each leaf is picked separately, and its manufacture into paper is more difficult and ex pensive, the texture of the fibre varying in different parts of the leaf, one portion of which contains some yellowish wax or resin, extremely difficult of kill, and almost impossible to detect till it is discovered on the hot rollers, and the paper is spoilt. The rivers of South Africa are in many places choked with a plant known as the palmete, a kind of large rush, 8 to 10 feet in height, of which large quantities can be obtained, and which in all probability will be found of use in the fabrication of ropes and paper.
Mr. Liotard and Baron F. von Mueller have given lists of plants from which paper could be made, and the following of the East Indies arc obtained from their writings :— Abelmosehus esculentus, W. and A., esculent okro. Abutilon Indicum, G. Don, country mallow.
Acacia Arabic*.
Adansonia digitata, Linn., baobab. Agave Americana, Linn. ; A. cantala ; A. cliacantha ; A. variegata; A. vivipera, Linn.; and A. yuccnfolia. Ailantints, sp.
Aloe Indira, Boyle ; A. perfoliata, Roxb.; and A. vul garis, Lam., Barbadoes aloe.
Althea, sp.
Ananas sativus, Sehult., pine-apple. • Anatherium muricatum, Beauv., cuss-cuss grass. Apocynum, sp. .
Aralia papyrifcm.
Arang of Berar.
Areca catechu, Linn., betel-nut palm.
Aristada setacea.
Arundo karka.—? Ramt:m.3a arundinacea, Willde. ; B. gigantea ; and B. vulgaris.
Beret, a grass of Sind.
liauldnia racemosa, Lam. ; B. tomentosa, Linn. ; and R. Vahlii, W. and A.
Betula bbojputra.
Beehmeria nivea, Hooker ; rhcea ; China grass. Bonapartea juncoidea of Australia.
13orassus flabelliformis, Linn., palmyra.
Broussonetia papyrifera, Vent., paper mulberry tree. Butea frondosa, Bert., pulas tree.
Cajanus Indicus, Sprenger, pigeon pea.
Calotropis gigantea, R. Br. ; C. Hamiltonii and C. proccra, B. Br.
Camelina, sp.
Cannabis sativa, L., hemp.
Carey* arborea, Roxb.
Caryota urens, Linn., bastard sago, Chamrerops }Lachlan*.
Chikti of Berar.
Chlorogalum, sp.
Cocoa nucifera, Linn., cocoanut tree.
Conocarpu, latifolius, Bort.
Conocephalus niveus —? C. globulifer, Ikunett ; C. naucleillorus.
Corchorus capsularis, Linn., jute, ghl-nallta fat; C.
olitorius, Linn., jute, Jew's mallow.
Cordia broad-leaved seplatan ; and C.
myxn., Linn., sepistatt.
Crotalaria Burrhii C. juncea, Linn., sunn-hetnp ; C. Leschenaultii — ? and U. tenuifolia, flork, Jubintlpur hemp.
Curcuma, sp., leaves.
Cyperus textilis and C. variegata --! Themia extensa, B. Br.
Daphne oleoides —? D. papyracea, Wall., Nepal paper shrub ; and D. cannabtna.
Dendrocalanaus strictus, Nees, and D. told*, Nees. Desmodium tilitefolium, D. tritlorum, Ike. ; and D. argcnteum.
Edgeworthia papyrifera.
Elwocarpus tuberculatus.
Eleusine coracana, Gerrtn.
Erinocaryus Nimmonii.
Eriodendron anfractuosum, Dec.
Erytbrina Indica, Lam., Indian coral tree.
Eugenia, ap., tha-bysy of Burma.
Fatsia, sp.
Ficus Bengalensis, Linn. ; F. elastics, Barb. ; F. glomerata, Port. ; F. racemosa, Linn. ; and F. religiosa, Linn.
Fourcroya, sp.
Girardinia heterophylla, Neilgherry nettle.
Gmelina arborea, Bozb.
Gossypium, sp., G. lndicum, etc., cotton.
Grewm oppositifolia, Buck.
Hampu, a creeper of Coorg.
Hardwickia, sp.
Helianthus, sp.
Hibiscus cannabinus, Linn. ; If. furcatus, esculentus ; H. tnutabilis ? II. rosa Sinensis, Linn. ; II. sabdariffa, Linn., resell° ; and II. Surattcnsis, Linn.
Hydrangea, sp.
Hymenodictyon excelsum, Wall.
hors corylifolia, Schott. and Endl.
Kasdo, a Said grass.
Kevan, of Ratnagiri, made into ropes.
_nerd°, a Sind grass.
Lavatera, sp.
Lepidosperma, sp.
Leptadenia Jacquemontiana —? Linum uaitatissimum, Linn., flax.
Lygeum, sp.
Madid of Belgaum.
Malacbra capitata, Linn.
Maoutra, sp.
Marsdenia tenacissima, B. W.
Moms Indies, Linn., mulberry.
Musa paradisiaca, Cavendishii, coccinea, glauca, Nepal ends, ornata, superba, and textilis.
Opuntia Dillenii, Haw., hedge prickly pear.
Orthanthera viminea, Boyle.
Oryza sativa, Linn., rice-straw, Oxytropis, sp.
Pachyrhizus, sp.
Pandanus odoratissimus, Linn. J., screw pine. Parlcinsonea aculeata.
Phenix dactylifem, Linn. ; P. farinifera, Box& ; and P. aylveatris, Barb.
Phormium, sp.
Phrynium dichotonum.
Pimeloa, Neilgherries lace bark.
Poa, sp.
Populna ciliate.
Psamma, sp.
Boa, Bosch", a Sind grass.
Saccharum munja, Burt., muttj ; S. ofticinarum, Linn., angar•mne refuse; S. funnel ; S. procerunt. Borb. ; S. sara, Barb., pen reed; S. spontaneum, Linn., thatch grass.
Salmalia Malabariea, Schott. and Endl., red cotton tree.
Sanal of Madura. Qu. hemp.
Sanseviera Zeylanica, Willde., bowstring hemp.
Sardo of Belgaum.