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List of the Palms described in this Work, with 

 their Native Names and Uses. 



Botanical Name. Native Name. Uses. 



Leopoldinia 



pulchra Jara Stem used for fencing, rafters, &c. 



major Jara assu Fruit for making salt. 



piassaba Piassaba Fibre for cordage, brooms, &c. ; 



leaves for thatching ; fruit eat- 

 able. 

 Euterpe 



oleracea Assai Fruit for making a drink; stem 



for rafters, &c. 

 catinga Assaide Catinga. Fruit for making a drink. 



CEnocarpus 



baccaba Baccaba Fruit makes a drink and oil ; leaves 



for thatching, 

 batawa, Patawa Fruit makes a drink ; spinous pro- 

 cesses used for making arrows. 



disticha Baccaba Leaves for thatching. 



minor Baccaba miri ... Fruit makes a drink. 



Iriartea 



exorhiza Pashiuba Stem split for floors and ceilings, 



&c. ; air-roots for graters. 



ventricosa Pashiuba barri- Stem split for lances, harpoons, 



guda floors, &c. ; swollen part of stem 



for canoes, 

 setigera Pashiuba miri... Stem hollowed for making blow- 

 tubes or Gravatanas. 



Raphia 



taedigera Jupati Leaf-stalks split for making boxes, 



partitioning houses, doors, &c. 



Mauritia 



flexuosa Miruti Fruit makes a drink; fibres of 



leaves are twisted into string 

 for hammocks, &c. ; leaf-stalks 

 as the last. 



aculeata Caranai Fruit makes a drink. 



gracilis Caranai Fruit makes a drink. 



pumila Caranai Not known. 



carana Carana Leaves good for thatch; leaf- 

 stalks used as those of Raphia 

 tcedigera. 

 Lepidocaryum 



tenue Caranai do Mato. None. 



