Archive image from page 260 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. 253 CEnocarpus bacaba. The Turu Palm, or Baccaba. There are six or seven species of this genus of Brazilian palms, the plants abound- ing chiefly on the banks of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. They are lofty trees, with smooth, straight stems, crowned with a cluster of pinnate leaves. The ahove species yields a Piassaba-like fiber. In some parts of
Archive image from page 260 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. 253 CEnocarpus bacaba. The Turu Palm, or Baccaba. There are six or seven species of this genus of Brazilian palms, the plants abound- ing chiefly on the banks of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. They are lofty trees, with smooth, straight stems, crowned with a cluster of pinnate leaves. The ahove species yields a Piassaba-like fiber. In some parts of British Guiana, where the tree is known as the Turu palm, the leaves are used for thatching. (E. bataua is found in the State of Para, where it is said 'to furnish the strongest ropes for the navy.' (E. distichus is an allied species, mentioned by Orton, and Euterpe (CEnocarpus) acu- minata is the Anonillo of Costa Rica. Several of the species yield a color- less oil, which is used to adulterate sweet oil in Para. See figs. £6 and 87. Oetan (Malay)= wild, or per taining to forests. Elceis Oil Palm of Africa. gmneensis. Oi-moi (China). Jute. See Corchorus. Oiselle hemp (see Hibiscus sabdariffa). Okra and Okrho (see Hibiscus esculentus). Olona fiber (Hawaii). See Touchardia. Op-nai (Burm.). Streblus asper. Opuhe (Hawaii). See Urera sandivicensis. Opuritia spp. Prickly Pear , The prickly pears form a large genus, confined to the American continent, though distributed to many other countries. 0. polycan- tha is the species most common in western United States, while 0. humifusa is fouud in Florida. 0. dillenii, a South American species, has been noted as a possible fiber plant iu India, but 'the sam- ples of fiber shown at the Colonial and Indian exhibitions were pronounced worthless by the paper makers who examined them.' (Dr. Watt.) The experience of the writer with the prickly pear cactus in Florida leads to the suggestion that the mere gather- ing of the material would be a co
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