Besides abundance of coir, termed _sepét_ by the natives, prepared from the fibres which surround the cocoa-nut, and gamuti (called _duk_), prepared from those of the _áren_ tree, both of which are well known, another species of palm, the _gebáng_, also yields valuable ropes, the fibre of which is obtained from the large petioles or stalks of the leaves by pounding and beating. Intelligent natives assert, that ropes prepared from these are particularly valuable, exceeding in strength all other kinds of equal size. The fibres and ropes are called _bas_. The cotton shrub (gossypium herbaceum) is universal; and hemp, though its uses are unknown to the Javans, is found in the gardens of foreign settlers. Besides these, the island affords various kinds of vegetables, the fibrous bark of which is made into thread, rope, cloth, &c.; but they are never cultivated, and when required for use are collected in their wild state. The general denomination, in the Javan language, of the internal bark of all vegetables which can be manufactured into cords, thread, &c. is _lúlub_. This being freed, by beating or maceration, from the adhering particles of the exterior bark, yields the fibrous substance, which is twisted by the most simple process, commonly by the hands alone. The trees which afford the _lúlub_ are the _wáru_, which is very abundant, and is manufactured into ropes for all common domestic purposes; the _melínju_, the bark of which is called _bágu_; and the _béndo_, which affords ropes of superior strength and durability.