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indeed to fade, but if better known, might probably be rendered permanent and valuable.H
It grows in Ceylon and Malabar.
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Galega tinctoria. Linn. syst. nat. p.1172. no 5.
Hermann I informs us that from this Plant the Inhabitants of Ceylon prepare a finer blue Dye than Indigo, but its use is not as yet known to Europeans.
It is a perennial Herb, native in Ceylon.
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Hibiscus Sabdariffa. Linn.
Herman K relates that the Stems of this Plant afford a Flax, so much used in their Manufactures in India, that it is every year sown in their Fields and Gardens. There is a fine kind of Cloth brought frequently from the East Indies, evidently formed of a Substance unknown to Europeans. It is neither Hemp, Lint, Cotton or Silk, but has a resemblance to them all, and is probably the produce of this Plant.
It grows at Ceylon and at Madrass.
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Euphorbium antiquorum. Linn.
This is thought by Linnæus to be the Plant which yields the Officinal Euphorbium. It was received by Commelin from Ceylon who preserved it in the Amsterdam Garden and figured and described it under the Name of Euphrobium
H. Amoen. Acad. Linn. Vol.5 p.352.
I. Ibid. p.353
K. Hort. Ludgb. p.26.