A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . ames.—Rajmahal hemp (Ind.); Jiti and Chili (Beng.);Muriird-dtil (Ceyl.); Tongtis (Hind). The Jetee fiber of Royles Indian Fibers;sometimes called the bowstring , throughout the lower Himalayas, Assam, and Burmah; Lower hills ofBengal. 236 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. Bast Finrij.—The J(fe(^ fiber of liidiii. The ])laiit is aluiiulaut in tlio Riijiii;iliiilbills of India in dry and liarren places, and the fibers of the bark are employed formaking bows
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . ames.—Rajmahal hemp (Ind.); Jiti and Chili (Beng.);Muriird-dtil (Ceyl.); Tongtis (Hind). The Jetee fiber of Royles Indian Fibers;sometimes called the bowstring , throughout the lower Himalayas, Assam, and Burmah; Lower hills ofBengal. 236 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. Bast Finrij.—The J(fe(^ fiber of liidiii. The ])laiit is aluiiulaut in tlio Riijiii;iliiilbills of India in dry and liarren places, and the fibers of the bark are employed formaking bowstrings by the mountaineers. The fibers arc not only beautiful inappearance, bnt strong and durable. In Dr. Roxburghs tests of twine made fromjetec, he found that in the dry and wet states it bore a strain of 218 and 343 pounds,when hemi> in the same states bore and 190 pounds. More recent tests, however,l)lace it below hemp in strength, but above it in elasticity. The fiber is ninch usedfor making nets, and is not liable to injury by being kept in water. Marsh grass, or salt iiiarsli j4iiiss. Sparthm JH)i(e((.. Fig. l^.—Maianta anmdinacca. Martynia louisiana. Devils Horns. 8yn. Mto- Ildaliacew. Herbaceous shrub. Nativk names.— Testa di Quaglia (It.). An allied species is known in Mexicoas Unguhis Mexican plant, but found in the western United States. The species of thisgenus are natives of tropical America. A starch is obtained from their tubers. FiHKU.—The pods of Mariyiiia loidftidiia at maturity shed their fragile outer coat,leaving an inner part of an exceedingly tougn, fibrous nature, black on the outside,and with two slender, divergent hooked horns, commonly 4 to .5 inches, or rarely 12inches, in length. These horns are easily split into thinner strands, and in this formare used by several tribes of Indians in the southwestern United States to make the DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 237 black ornamental figures of tlieir finel
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