102 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Savorgnan,, aftbrds a strong and useful fiber prepared in Chutia Nagpur, the Central 

 Provinces, and Rajputana.'' ( Watt.) 



Cabbage palm, of the West Indies, Oreodoxa oleracea; of Australia, 

 Livistona australis. 



Cabbage palmetto (Fla). Sabal palmetto. 



Cabo negro. Caryota unusta, or Arenga saccharifera. 



Cabouja, or Cabuja (W. Intl.). See Furcrcca. 



Cabulla (Cent. Am.). Agave rigida sisalana ; of Costa Rica, Fur- 

 crcca tuber 08a. 



Cabuya (Cent. Am.). Agave rigida. 

 Cactus. See Opuntia. 



The sisal hemp plant has sometimes been called cactus erroneously. See Agave. 



Cadhi (Arab.). See Pandanus. 

 Cadillo (Venez.). TJrena lobata. 

 Cadillo negro. Triumfetta. 

 Caesar weed (Fla.). TJrena lobata. 

 Caffir cotton (Afr.). See Ipomcea digitata. 

 Cajun (Cent. Am.). Furcrcca cubensia. 

 Caladium giganteum. 



A genus of the Aracea. This species, now Colocasia indica, is found in Guiana. 

 Savorgnan mentions that the fiber from the stems is adapted for paper stock. Dorca 

 mentions in his textile list a Peruvian species, C. pertusum, known as Chuneu, but 

 does not state how it is used. 



Calamus rotang. The Rattan Cane. 



Endogen. Palmce. A scandent palm. 

 Known in Ceylon as the ela-weivel. 



Nearly 200 species of this genus inhabit tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia. C. rotang is found in India, Burma, and Ceylon, and yields the best rattan 

 canes of commerce. Split into strips, it is woven or plaited into chairs and fur- 

 niture, baskets, etc. " It is made into ropes, or is stretched, entire, across rivers as 

 the main supports of cane suspension bridges." 



Good examples of these may be seen in the Khasia and northern Cachar hills. On 

 the march from Silchar to Manipur, for example, three have to be crossed, namely, 

 over the Muku, the Barak, and the Irang rivers. Within the past few years, owing 

 to heavy traffic, these have been strengthened by one or two wire ropes, but cane 

 bridges are by no means unfrequent in the mountainous tracts of the eastern side of 

 India, and cane ladders are not uncommon in the south on the Animalis. Carefully 

 selected canes, 300 or 400 feet long, constitute the chains, and the bridges of that 

 length are often thrown across rocky valleys 50 feet above the water. This height 

 is necessary in order to be above the water level in the sudden rising of the rivers 

 which takes place during the rains. 



Ropes are regularly made in China by splitting the rattan and twisting the long 

 fibers thus prepared into cordage of any desired thickness. In the Kew Mus. speci- 

 mens of cutis, and an undershirt, are shown from China, made of the split stems of 



