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Agareae (also certain other fibre plants) or to their products. 



22 



32, 



18, 19, 



22, 32, 



41. 



22,40 



37 



37 



37 



37 



23,35 



20 



Cf. Caraguata (1) also Caraguata IV (of Piso). The plant of the 

 younger Schultes is identified with It. speciosa of Thunberg. 



Sromelia Karatas (see Index Kewensis) is Karatas Plumieri, E. 

 Morren, a pineapple-like plant of the Caribean region, reported to 

 yield strong but soft fibre. See, however, the preceding, Ibera, Istle 

 Mexican fibre, SilJc~grass, etc., also Caraguata (1), and Carow. 



This appears to be the Caraguata guacu of Marcgraf (see above), 

 but Piso's plant is evidently neither of the Furcraeas named but 

 F.tuberosa Ait. Confusion may have arisen over DeLaet's Nequa- 

 metl : Martius identifies the Tobago plant as F. cubensis, and no 

 doubt correctly : but Marcgraf 'a Caraguata guacu was Brazilian. 



Sloane has included two sets of names, if not more, under his Aloe 

 Tuccce foliis; one series evidently refers to the fibre-yielding 

 Bromeliaceae, another to the Sisal group of Euagave, or to 

 Furcraea. The " Carow " of Purchas' traveller was perhaps the 

 same as Caroa and referable to Billbergia or Karatas. 



Spelled Catecomor by Linschotten and Bauhin. The first part is per- 

 haps the same as that of the KadanaTcu or Catevala of Rheede 

 and may represent a ' Persian ' form (Kadi or Kazi) given to local 

 names derived from Kanta (thorn) : for the second part cf. 

 Kunwar etc. 



From 4 Kantewala ' (i.e., thorny) ? See also Kadanaku. 



Doubtless a rendering of Kattalf. See Country aloes. 



Cf. Acelar, and Azul, also Sabar, etc. 



From Cebu, one of the Philippine group of Islands. 



Given to the garden kinds of Agave from a tradition started by 

 Borel that the species first introduced into Europe flowered when 

 the life of the plant attained a hundred years, arid not earlier. 



Martius compares this with Azul Champahra ( q.v. ). Chapara 

 in Spanish means a kind of Oak, but the true oaks (in Panama at 

 least) seem to be called Cerro. 



Cf. Saganara, and Sauga. 



