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USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Jamaica the tree is only regarded as useful on account of foliage and fruit, which are 

 stock food, and for its timher. 



Guazuma ulmifolia, fine samples of the fiber of which were exhibited in the Mexi- 

 can exhibit of the AT. C. E., 1S93, is known in Mexico as Huasima. Mr. St, Hill, who 

 sent a sample of fiber to the Department in 1871, states that the species is found in 

 Trinidad. Samples of rough cinnamon-colored bast of this species are preserved in 

 the Bot. Mus. Harv. Univ. 



Guembipi (Arg.). See PMlodendron. 



Fig. 61.— The peach palm, Guilielma speciosa 



G-uilielma speciosa. The Peach 

 Palm. 



Endogen. Palmes. Tree, 60 to 80 feet. 

 Native of Venezuela and Guiana. The 

 species is chiefly valued for its fruit, which 

 is eaten by the natives, and which is pre- 

 pared in several ways. Dr. Ernst includes 

 the species in his list of Venezuelan fiber 

 plants. (See fig. 61.) The revised name of 

 this palm is Bactris gasipaes. See Bactris. 



Guimauve. French name for the 

 Mallow, which see. 



G-uineo (Venez.). See Musa sa/pien- 

 turn. 



Gumbo and Gombo, the Okra (see 



Hibiscus esculent us \. 



Gunda-giiia (Ind.). See Bauhinia 

 macrostachya, under B. racemosa. 



Gurach, or Gurcha (Hind.). Tino- 

 spora cordifolia. 



Guyetta. HUaria jamesii. 



Gymnostachys anceps. 



A grasslike araceous plant, found in New 

 South Wales, called Traveller's grass; "dis- 

 tinguished for its extraordinary tenacity. ; ' 

 (Savor gnan.) 



Pampas gkass. 



Gynerium argenteum. 



Endogen. Graminece. A giant grass or reed. 



A native of the vast plains of South America, particularly Uruguay, Paraguay, and 

 La Platte. Introduced into cultivation as an ornamental plant in many countries. 

 The leaves have been used in paper making. 



The leaves of G. saccharoicles have been made in to hats in Dominica and from tbe 

 Eio Casiquiare. 



Hair moss. Polytrichum commune. 

 Haifa, or Alfa (Alg.). Stipa tenacissima. 



Han (Hawaii). See Hibiscus tiliaceus, 



