A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . es. The Indiansof the upper Purus weave and make mats of the fiber. (From a Catalogue of ForestProducts of Brazil, W. C. E., 1893.) Silky,.satin-like, and of an exceeding tenuityand beauty are the cottons which in-volve the seeds of the capsular fruitsoimonguha aiul samanma—Boinbar mun-giibo, Mart; anil Eriodeiidron material of great abundance, andalready utilized in Brazil for the manu-facture of costly threads and twists, itcontains an invaluable substit
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . es. The Indiansof the upper Purus weave and make mats of the fiber. (From a Catalogue of ForestProducts of Brazil, W. C. E., 1893.) Silky,.satin-like, and of an exceeding tenuityand beauty are the cottons which in-volve the seeds of the capsular fruitsoimonguha aiul samanma—Boinbar mun-giibo, Mart; anil Eriodeiidron material of great abundance, andalready utilized in Brazil for the manu-facture of costly threads and twists, itcontains an invaluable substitute forbeaver for velvety and luxurious felts.(Notes on the State of Para.) This fiber was also met with at thePhil. Int. Exh., 1876. The tree wasstated to be the largest in the Amazonregion, the fruit containing a silkmuch sought after for mattresses (DeGama). Eriolaena hookeriana. It is said that the bast of this Indianspecies of SfercuUacew yields a goodfiber, examples of which were sent tothe Paris Exposition, 1878, and to theColonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Eriophorum Grass. COT- Sedge-like species. Fia. 54.—The lesser cotton yrass, Eriophnriimlatifidium. Endogeu. herb. Common in India, alliedabound in Europe. Structural Fiber.—A silky grass,the fibrous leaves of which are employedlocally in India for twine, cordage, andeven for rope bridges, though such ropesdo not last over a year. Thofiber yielded by this plant forms a small portion of whatis exported to the plains under the name hhdhur ( Watt). The true hhdiuris Ischai-mmn angiistifolium, which see. In the Kew Bulletin for July, 1888, is found anarticle on the Iscluvvium, from which it would appear that E. comosum has been con-founded with Andropotjon inrolutus and the true blidbiir, and that only a small partof the bulk of grass used by the natives in rope making is lioni 7s. eomosnm. Fig. .53illustrates E. angnstifolium, Europe. For further accounts see Die. Ec. Prod. Ind.
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