A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . com-mon name of IJ. edulis, The Assai Palm of Para. The))everagemanufixctured from this species is also knownas ^issai. (See fig. 55.) Evening primrose fiber (see Gaum). False sisal hemp (Fla.). See Agave de-cipicns. Falseh (Pers.). See Grewia. Fatsia papyrifera. The Rice Paper Plant. Syu. AraJia papyrifera. Endogen. Araliacew. A small tree. This plant grows in the deep, swampy forests of theIsland of Formosa, and apparently there only, forminga small tree, branching
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . com-mon name of IJ. edulis, The Assai Palm of Para. The))everagemanufixctured from this species is also knownas ^issai. (See fig. 55.) Evening primrose fiber (see Gaum). False sisal hemp (Fla.). See Agave de-cipicns. Falseh (Pers.). See Grewia. Fatsia papyrifera. The Rice Paper Plant. Syu. AraJia papyrifera. Endogen. Araliacew. A small tree. This plant grows in the deep, swampy forests of theIsland of Formosa, and apparently there only, forminga small tree, branching in the njiper part, the youngerportions of the stem, together with the leaves and inflo-rescence, covered with copious stellate down. The stemsare filled with pith of very fine texture, and white assnow, which, when cut, forms the artich^ known as ricepaper. Large quantities of the stems are taken innative crafts from Formosa to Chinchew, where they arecut into thin sheets for the manufacture of artificialflowers. A lengthened account of this interesting plantwill be found in Hookers Journal of Botany. { Moore.). Fern. TreeHair - HeiCibotinm, sourceof Pulu fiber; Maiden Fig. 55.—The Assai, EtUerpfoleracea. — {see .fdiauliim}. Fe-ru (Afr.). Silk Cottou. See Cochloupcr mum crcnulata. Fever See Introduction. Tlie classes of fibers recognize<l in this work are Bast, Struc-tural, Surface, AVoody, and Pseudo-fiber. Fibras palmiche oscuro ( Ki.). See A textile material made by cottonlzing the fibers of flax, hemp, jute, Chinagrass, and similar vcgetabh; substances, as a substitute for cottou. Fibrilia fromflax is a form of flax cotton (so called). The account of an inquiry by the UnitedStates Government into the practicability of the establishment of a flax-cottonindustry will be found in the Report of the Flax and Hemp Commission of 1863(U. S. Dept. Ag., Washington, 1865), but now (uit of ])rint. See Fibrilia,
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