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 Agaveae (also certain other jibre plants) or to their products. 



18, 10 



29, 53 



7, 13, 

 23, 2f 

 33, 41 

 52, 59 

 63, 66 

 71 



29, &c 



18, 19 



i young plant sprouting from a fiower shoot in the place of a seed 

 vessel on the flowering stem or 'scape* of certain Agaveae. All 

 the species dealt with in this Bulletin vre believed to produce 

 bulbils, notably (D), (K), (G), (H), (J). As to (K) we have no 

 certain information. 



The (usually thickened) base or stalk of the leaf in Euagace and 

 Furcraea. 



Variously spelled as Cabouya, and Cabuya (origin unknown, but 

 perhaps provincial Spanish) ; often regarded by Spanish writers 

 as=* Agave americana. Apparently first mentioned by Oviedo 

 (' Cabuya ') as an inhabitant of the West Indian Islands. Martins, 

 (in the ' Beitrag') hesitated between ' i\ gigantea' and F. cubensis ; 

 in the Flora Brasiliensis he gives F. tuberosa for the Cabuya of the 

 islands and the mainland equally. Dodge says the Cabuya is 

 F. gigantea, and that F. tuberosa is ' Cabulla* : for F. cubensis 

 he gives other names. See Cabuya, Hayti Hemp, Mauritius Hemp, 

 &c., and the next also. 



Dodge notes that samples from Costa liica resembled Sisal fibre 

 (i.e., our G). The origin of the name is not known, but Piso remarks 

 of his Caragata guacu usually identified with Furcraea tuberosa 

 Ait. that its ' root ' is like an onion. This Furcraea is apparently 

 unknown, so far, in India. See the next item, also Caraguata- guacu. 



Squier says expressly that this name is applied to the fibre of Yaskqui 

 and of Sacqui which he speaks of as 'varieties' of 'A. sisalana.' 

 (= G of this Bulletin). Perhaps the Costa Rica fibre mentioned by 

 Dodge was really fine * Sisal,' but Squier may have been mis- 

 informed; Piso notes that from his Caraguata guacu a very fine 

 fibre suitable for 'ban, mock-cloth 5 was made: we suspect that 

 statements which ascribe the finer kinds of ' pita' to the Agaveae 

 are often erroneous, tmd that the fine sorts of thread are more 

 commonly derived from different little known Eromeliacece. 



Furcraea tuberosa Ait. Pound on the volcano of Chiriqui. See- 

 uuuiu says the fibre of the leaves is very strong and used for making 

 ropes and hammocks. 



The basin which is scooped in the centre of the leaves of certain 

 Agaves (A. atrorirens, Karw. also A. cochlearis Baker, &c., 

 according to Rose) to collect the sap for fermenting 'Pulque/ The 

 liquor is drawn off daily with a long gourd (acojote) and the face 

 of the basin (cara) scraped to promote a fresh fiow of the liquor. 



Wight figures as F. gigantea, Vent, a Furcraea (Ic. 2025) which my 

 be F. cubensis, Vent. (See Mauritius Hemp, &c.). 



