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 Agaveae (also certain, other fib fr -ftfatt/s) or to their product*. 



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37 When used without any qualifying addition this seems generally to 

 refer to Aloe and not Agave ; but see Kattali. 



37 Means "Thorn onion:*' the first part \s=Iiunwar, &c., above. 



19 ' Kyre,' probably is from Keora, or Keura, usually in N. India given 

 to Pandanus. Perhaps this word is the same as ' coir ' and means 

 simply 'fibre/ Old writers speak of a Quera' as yielding fibre 

 near the Portuguese factories. A inslie attributes his 'kyre ' which 

 was a 'strong and useful cordage' to an Agave, most likely (J) of 

 this Bulletin. See also Mellis "Kyre and Kadi. 



This looks like one of the African names of Sansevieria (at Angola 

 Ife=<3. cylindrical, Bojer) with the French definite article prefixed. 

 Placourt was Governor of Madagascar in the 17th century, and in 

 Bojer's time S. cylindrica was cultivated in the He de France as 

 a native of Zanzibar. See also Anana de pite, Bowstring Hemp 

 and Pitte Ahetz. 



Spon states that a valuable fibre is obtained from a Celosia in India, 

 but, as Sir George Watt observes, 'confirmation of this fact is much 

 required.' Celosia cristata y Linn, is cultivated in Bengal as an 

 ornamental plant. Celosia argentea, Linn, is an abundant weed 

 with autumn crops throughout N. India. Spoil's authority may 

 have been misled by a vernacular name. Cf . Murga, Moorva, <$rc. 

 Lai Murga evidently means ' Red Cockscomb.' 



18, 19 See Cabuya, Henequen (1) and (2), Mauritius Hemp, &c. 



19, 20 i Probablyl(D). 



Applied in Northern Mexico and parts of Arizona, Texas, &(.:, to the 

 ' cabbage ' Agaves, several of which yield a short stapled fibre (see 

 Tampico fibre), and are otherwise of economic interest. Most of 

 these belong to the Littaea section of Agave, a section quite dis- 

 tinct from Euagaoe to which the Sisal group is referable. None are 

 grown at present n India, except here ;ind there in u-ardeus, but in 

 the drier provinces they would probably succeed as a source of Brush 

 fibre. Dr. Trelease informs us tnat Lecheguilla means lettuce.' 



'Crocodile's tongue/ as distinguished from ' Nana boaya' (crocodile 

 pineapple) which we take to be Agave Cantata Roxb.=(E) or a 

 very closely allied species. Blanco gives ' Lidang boaya' as a name 

 of Aloe in the Philippines. 



The article quoted states that this is a white lustrous and superior 

 kind of fibre used in brush making, which is obtained f:oin Agave 

 americana in Mexico, and might be abundantly produced in India ; 

 but see Aloe fibre, Mexican fibre (1), and Tampico fbre. 



