DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF WORLDS FIBERS. 



[Abbreviations. — Countries. — Afr., Africa; Alg., Algeria; Andam. Is., Andaman 

 Islands; Arab.. Arabia; Arg., Argentina; Aus., Austria; Austr., Australia; Bomb., 

 Bombay; Braz., Brazil; Br. Guian., British Guiana; Burm., Burma; Can., Canada; 

 Cent. Am., Central America; Ceyl., Ceylon; Fr., France; Fr. Guian., French Guiana ; 

 Ger., Germany; Gt. Brit., Great Britain; Guat., Guatemala ; Hind., Hindostan ; HolL, 

 Holland; Hond.. Honduras; Ind., India; It., Italy; Jam., Jamaica : Jap.. Japan; 

 Maurit., Mauritius; Mex., Mexico; N. S. W., New South Wales ; N. W. Pro v. Ind., 

 North West Provinces of India ; New Zea., New Zealand; Panj., Panjab; Phil. Is., 

 Philippine Islands; S. Am., South America; Sp., Spain; Span., Spanish speaking 

 countries; Tasm., Tasmania; Trin., Trinidad; Turk., Turkey; Venez., Venezuela; 

 Vict., Victoria; W. Ind., West Indies; Yuc, Yucatan. 



Museums and exhibitions. — Bot. Mus. Harv. Univ., Botanical Museum of Harvard 

 University, Cambridge; C. S. I. Exp., 18S5, Cotton States and International Exhibi- 

 tion, 1895, Atlanta; Field Col. Mus., Field Columbian Museum of Chicago; Herb. 

 Col. Univ.,N. Y., Herbarium of Columbia University, New York City; Phil. Com. 

 Mus., Philadelphia Commercial Museum; Phil. Int. Exh., 1876, Philadelphia Inter- 

 national Exhibition, 1876; Kew Mus., Museum Royal Kew Gardens, England; Mus. 

 U. S. Dept. Ag., Museum of the United States Department of Agriculture ; Paris Exp. 

 Univ., 1889, Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889; U. S. Nat. Herb., United States 

 National Herbarium; U. S. Nat. Mus., United States National Museum; W. C. E., 

 1893, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago. 



An asterisk before the word * Specimen denotes that the author has examined the 

 fiber. All descriptive matter is invariably given under the botanical name of the 

 species, this name always being found after a common or native name as a reference.] 



Aainunnas (Pers. and Arab.). See Ananas sativa. 

 Abaca (Phil. Is.). See Musa textilis. 

 Abelmoschus (see Hibiscus). 

 Abroma augusta. Devil's Cotton. 



Exogen. Sterculiacece. Perennial. A small tree. 

 Native names. — A brome (Fr.) ; Oelta-kamal and Ulatkamball (Ind.). 

 Wild, and cultivated throughout the hotter parts of India, and grows in Mauritius. 

 The plant yields three crops a year, and is said to be more easily cultivated than jute 

 or sunn hemp. 



Bast Fiber. — Derived from the bark of the twigs; is strong, white, and clean, 

 and much valued for local uses. ''Might be employed as a substitute for silk.' 

 ( Watt.) "A cord of its fiber bore 74 pounds, when sunn hemp broke with 6* pounds." 

 (Boyle.) Chiefly employed for cordage, etc., by the natives in the districts where 

 grown. 



* Specimen. — Herb. Col. Univ., N. Y. 



Ahroma mollis is fouud in the Isles of Sunda, Molucca, and the Spice Islands; the 

 fiber also derived from the bark. 

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