Note 200 — Chapter XII · MALLOWS.

Cavanilles, Tab. 52, fig. 1, represents H. Cannabinus, the leaf of which is like that of hemp. Tab. 55, fig. 1, represents H. Tiliaceus, in the description of which we read “cortice in funes ductili;” and Cavanilles says, the inhabitants of the South Sea Islands (Australium insularum) use in their ships and boats ropes made from the bark.