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



22 



81, 19, 

 22, 52 



Do. 



18,19 



18,19 



Do. 



'rom Temple's description this name, given by the denizens of British 

 Bonduras to the 'Istle* or ' Pita Bromelia* (which see), prohahly 

 indicated Karatas Plumieri, E. Morren : for fuller references see 

 the preceding. 



Some of the species of fibres that have been called Silk 



grass are Ananas sativa, Karatas Plumieri, 



Eromelia sylvestris, Furcrcea Cubensis, and other similar forms, 

 while the name has even been applied to the fibre of some of the 

 Agaves. Its use, therefore, without the botanical name of the 

 species can only add to the confusion which already exists." 



Sir Daniel Morris thinks that Ftircraea cu/bensis may also be a source 

 of silk grass fibre in Yucatan (cf. Sisal Hemp aud Cajun). 



See Grass Silk, etc. 



Cf . Seemay Kathalay above. 



Probably Mauritius Hemp, wrongly identified with Agave (E) in 

 consequence of Haworth's having transferred Roxburgh's plant 

 from Agave to Furcraea, erroneously. 



As the fibre is said to be very long, fine, and white, and the English 

 name is given as * Green aloe,' the fibre was no doubt Mauritius 

 Hemp, and from a Furcraea. See Green Aloes also. 



Cf . Kattali, &c., and see also Kuiialay. 



A port on the coast of Yucatan, formerly the chief outlet for the 

 fibre of the Merida district. The export trade is said to have now 

 shifted to Progreso. 



