Archive image from page 223 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 216 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. it is obtained from /.. grandiflora, and likewise from /.. crassinoda. In Venezuela, L. coriacea is known as Marima colorada. The fiber of a Brazilian species without name is said by Saldanha da Gama to he used for calkin- vessels. The hark of another species growing abundantly throughout the Amazon region, and known as Maid-maid, yie
Archive image from page 223 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 216 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. it is obtained from /.. grandiflora, and likewise from /.. crassinoda. In Venezuela, L. coriacea is known as Marima colorada. The fiber of a Brazilian species without name is said by Saldanha da Gama to he used for calkin- vessels. The hark of another species growing abundantly throughout the Amazon region, and known as Maid-maid, yields an oakum that is excellent for calking canoes, according To a cata- logue of Woods of Amazon. W. C. E., 1893. Leopoldinia piassaba. Monkey Bass. Endogen. Palmer. Palm, 15 to 40 feet. This tree grows abundantly near the White River, which flows into the Barra de Rio Negro, as well as on some of the tributaries of the Orinoco; it i- also found in the Amazon basin ; but the bulk of its liber comes from the Barra de Rio Negro. Its habitat is low, sandy Hats, where water may stand a little in rainy weather; but it avoids swamps. (Spon.) One of the Brazilian palms which supplies the commercial Piassaba, or Piaraba fiber now exported in such quantities. Two species furnish the com- mercial product, L. piassaba, the Para fiber, and Altalea funi- fera, the Bahia fiber, though in recent years another form has been sent from the west coast of Africa, known as West African Bass, Paplua vimfera. See also Borassus flabeUifcr and Dicti/o- sperma fibrosum. Structural Fiber.—Lcopol- (liaia jiiassaba. 'The dilate margins of the petioles, where they clasp the stem, are produced into long ribbon-like strips, which afterwards split into fine, somewhat round fibers, about 5 to 6 feet long, entirely concealing the stem. These fibers, cleaned and combed by hand, form the piassaba of com- merce.'' (Dr. Morris.) The commercial fiber is used for brush making, and for brooms, though the natives empl
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