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The cruel tyrants used to spin its tough fibres into thongs for their slave-whips." "And you think that paper can be made out of these trees?" asked Caspar, impatient to know whether there might be any chance of procuring some for the covering of a kite. "There are several species of daphnads," replied the botanist, "whose bark can be converted into paper.
Besides, the leaves were lanceolate, velvety on the surface, and of purplish colour; and the flowers were of an exceedingly sweet scent as is the case with all the daphnads. I did not think of examining them at the time; but, now that I recall these characteristics, I feel almost certain that the shrubs were of this genus." "Do you think you can find the thicket again?" "Oh! yes, easily enough.
"It is a tree, or rather a shrub, belonging to the order of the Thymelaceae, or `Daphnads. The plants of this order are found in many countries; but chiefly in the cooler regions of India and South America. There are even representatives of the order in England: for the beautiful `spurge laurel' of the woods and hedges known as a remedy for the toothache is a true daphnad.
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