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REMARKS 



17, 22 See Caraguata (1), Caroata, &c. 



22 



See Curratoto. 



20 ! See the next. 



20, 48 We have not discovered what the Lesser American Aloe may have 

 been in Europe, but the distinction dates back to the earliest days 

 of Agave cultivation. Ventenat was probably contrasting his plant 

 with Furcraea tuberosa, and one kind of the Mauritius Hemp may 

 have been called the Great Aloe in contrast with another; but 

 Cleghorn's use is that of most English horticulturists. 



21, 22, For other ' English names,' see the preceding and the next ; also 

 32,41,48 Country Aloes, Grey Aloe, Hedge Aloe, Hill Aloe, Long Aloe, 

 Short Aloe, Wild Aloe, Seaside Aloe, etc. 



45 No doubt a Furcraea (see Sime Kattale). The Madras Exhibition 

 Catalogue for 1855 includes fibre from Cuddapah ascribed to 

 ' Agave viridis.' There is no such species known to botanists, and the 

 fibre probably was from one of the Furcraeas. The leaves of the 

 Indian Furcraeas are usually of a lighter shade and brighter green 

 than those of the Euagaves, and the name recalls the ' Aloes 

 Vert ' of the Mauritius a term not in use in Europe, apparently, 

 where ' Green Aloes ' since the days of Rauwolf 's Travels (Book III, 

 p. 315) has referred to a true Aloe. 



7, etc. Referring to the 'grey* or 'blue* (glaucous) tint that is usually con- 

 1 spicuous in (D) of this Bulletin. 



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17, 22 Cf . Istle. Dr. Ernst identifies the (Venezuelan ?) product with this 

 name as ' Bromelia Pinguin.' ' Guama,' again, is from a totally 

 different order of plants (Lonchocarpus Nat. Ord. Leguminosae). 



Mr. Rose regards Engelmann's 'falcata' as perhaps identical 

 with A. striata, Baker, which is Mr. Booth's 'Palma loca.' See 

 Mexican fibre, etc. 



12, etc. (E) of this Bulletin. Planted for hedging, and perhaps naturalized 

 in the Kangra Valley and neighbourhood [See Adam's Needle (2) 

 also]. Fibre is made from the leaves; and the 'poles' like those 

 of (D) in the Agra Province are used for litters (note by Burkill). 

 Gulshablo (i.e., 'Evening -perfumed-flower') is properly the Tube- 

 rose (Polianthes tuberosa, Linn.). 



The ' pole ' or scape, i.e., flowering stem, of Agaveae. 



21 



According to Martius a corruption of Henequen. We have not 

 encountered it. 



