[ 175 ] 

 Agaveae (also certain other fibre plants) or to tJieir products. 



10, 71 



20 



10, 71 



11, 71 

 11,14 



20 



37 



15, 55, 

 71 



See also ' Rakashimatalu* under Agave americana in Watt E. D. and 

 the following. 



Possibly our Agave (D) : 'patta'=lcaf in Hindustani: also spelled 



link is pat t ah. 



Cf . the preceding. 



1 Divine (i.e., wild) bamboo.' 



See the preceding and BansTceora, applied to (E) as contrasted with 

 (J). 



Cf. Ramlans ('Kanta'=' thorn* or 'prickly shrub/ etc.) 



A machine for scutching the leaves of fibre-yielding Agaveae. Ori- 

 ginally (in Mexico) an iron scoop or spoon for scraping the Cajete 

 (which see) of a Pulque Agave plant to promote the flow of sap 

 after drawing off the daily storage. 



Ainslie states that (with the scape presumably) this attains 10 12 

 feet in S. India. 



Agave (J) = * A. vivipara ' of Wight, not of Linnaeus. Ainslie says 

 that Havana Meshid is Canarese for a true Aloe t which produces 

 the drug in India. 



Evidently a survival from the days of Portuguese ascendancy. Rede= 

 net and aona*= pineapple. Cf. Cravata de rede. Agave fibre is 

 used by fisher folk on the Indian coasts and islands^ for nets, etc. 



Imported formerly from Mexico for brush-making. The ordinary 

 supply of * whisk ' seems to come from the N. W. Terai (Moradabad 

 etc.) and to consist of the roots of one or more Andropogons. 

 Cf . Eaiz de Zacaton. 



