. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 158 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. shell, of a dark brown or purplish color. In the Tropics the natives convert these seeds into snuffboxes, scent bottles, , etc., and in the Indian bazaars they are used as weights. (A. Smith.) Entelea arborescens. Exogen. Tiliaceae. A small tree, 5 to 10 feet. Found in New Zealand, where the light wood of the tree is nsed by the natives as floats for their nets. Bast Fibek.—"From the cortical liher are made rop
. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. 158 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. shell, of a dark brown or purplish color. In the Tropics the natives convert these seeds into snuffboxes, scent bottles, , etc., and in the Indian bazaars they are used as weights. (A. Smith.) Entelea arborescens. Exogen. Tiliaceae. A small tree, 5 to 10 feet. Found in New Zealand, where the light wood of the tree is nsed by the natives as floats for their nets. Bast Fibek.—"From the cortical liher are made ropes, cords, and fishing nets'' (Savorgntin). E. palmatais aNew Holland species, also included in the Manual Hoepli. Envira. This word, with an aftix. occurs many times in a catalogue of woods exhibited by the State of Amazon, Brazil, at the W. C. E., 1893. Chicago, as a common name for certain trees that yield fiber. Exainplesare : dcania, ''furnishes a resistant fiber, though little used;" preta (or the black envira), "the twigs of young plants serve for fishing poles, also has a fiber of resistant qual- ity ;" pixuna and aurucucu, the same: taia, or Queimoza, ••'thick fibrous bark;" de igapo, " inner hark holds the best known fiber for cords.'" See Epicampes macroura. Boot. Broom Endogen. Graminece. A grass, 6 to 7 feet. (See fig. 52.) Common axd native names.— Broom root, Mexican whisk. I.'ai; de Zacaton (Mex.); Chiendent (Ft.). Broom root, or zacaton, is a wild plant which grows in profusion on the high plains included in Huamantla, San An- dres. Chalchicomula. Perote. and San Felipe del Obraza, and other localities of Mexico having a cold climate. It not only was not cultivated, but until its export made it of commercial impor- tance proprietors of plantations were at considerable expense to rid their fields of the weed. In 1884 it was exported exclu- sively from Vera Cruz, and in five years its exportation amounted to 1,763,68
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