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FIBRES 



Botanical and Common Name. 



Descriptive notes. 

 Natural Order in Italics. 



Purpose for which 

 principally used. 



*Musa sapientum. 



Plantain or banana 

 Pandanus utilis. 



Raphia Ruffia. Raffia-bast. 



Sansevieria guineensis. 



Konje Hemp, 

 S. Roxburghiana. 



Murva or Moorva fibre 

 *Sesbania aculeata. 



"Dhaincha' 



*Sida rhombifolia. 



"Kotikan-bevila," S 



*Sterculia Balanghas. "Xava," S 



Trachycarpus excelsus 



"Chinese-coir or Hemp-palm.' 



*Triumfetta rhomVoidea. 



"Epala," S, 



*Urena lobata. "Patu-epala," S 

 *Villebrunea integrifolia. 



Seitaniiiieac. See Fruit 



Trees 

 Paiuiaueae. Screw - 



pine; Madagascar 

 Large feathery palm. 



Ropes. 



Baskets, mats, etc. 



Mats, tying material ; 



of Madagascar thin cuticle of leaf. 



, \ Haemodoraceae. 



I Herbaceous perennials, 

 i I like Bow-string hemp 

 \) of Ceylon 



Legniniiiosae. Semi- 

 woody annual; Ceylon, 



Tropics 

 \Malvaceac. Shrubby 



perennial. Tropics] 



Fine mats, etc. 

 Mats, etc. 



Mats and cordage. 

 Ropes, etc. 



Sterculiaccae. A tree of 



Cey., India and Malaya! 

 Palmae. A small palm ! Brushes & cordage, 

 of China' 



Tiliaeeae. Shrubby iCordage, cloth, etc. 



perennial. Tropics! 



Malvaceae. Shrubby (Textiles & cordage. 



perennial. Ceylon, etc. ' 

 llriicaceac. A small up- ! Ropes, mats, etc. 



country tree of Ceylon 



and E. Tropics 



PITH PLANTS, OLA, ETC. 



S. Sinhalese]. 



