Archive image from page 84 of A descriptive catalogue of useful. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers descriptivecatal09dodg Year: 1897 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 77 leaves are very large, terminal, and regularly pinnate. The leaflets are elongate, rigid, closely set together, and spreading out flat on each side of the midrib. The sheathing 'bases of the petioles are persistent for a greater or less distance down the stem, and in young trees down to the ground, as in the (Enoearpus bataua. The spadices grow fr
Archive image from page 84 of A descriptive catalogue of useful. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers descriptivecatal09dodg Year: 1897 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 77 leaves are very large, terminal, and regularly pinnate. The leaflets are elongate, rigid, closely set together, and spreading out flat on each side of the midrib. The sheathing 'bases of the petioles are persistent for a greater or less distance down the stem, and in young trees down to the ground, as in the (Enoearpus bataua. The spadices grow from among the leaves and are large and simply hranched. The fruit is of large size compared with most American palms, being about 3 inches long, and from this circumstance it derives its native name u Vauassti,' signifying ' large fruit.' On the lower Amazon and in the neighborhood of Para A. excelsa is not uncommon. It is a handsome, lofty species which grows on lands flooded at high tides, and is called by the natives Urucuri. The fruit of this tree is burnt, and the smoke is used to black the newly made india rubber. Martins says that the fruit of the A. speciosa is used for this purpose, but that species is not found in the principal rub- ber districts, while A. excelsa is abundant there. ( Wallace, Palms of the Amazon). Structural Fiber.—The foliage of this tree is very extensively used for thatching. The young plants produce very large leaves before the stem is formed, and it is in this state that they are gener- ally used. The unopened leaves from the center are preferred, as, though they require some prepara- tion, they produce a more uniform thatch. The leaf is shaken till it falls partially open, and then each leaflet is torn at the base so as to remain hanging by its mid- rib only, which is, however, quite sufficient to secure it firmly. They thus hang all at right angles to the midrib of the leaf, which ad- mits of their being laid in a very regular manner on the r
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