202 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Ibira (Span.) =tree, or wood. 



Ibisco (It.) —Hibiscus. 



i-Boonda (Natal). Dombeya natalensis. 



Ife hemp (see Sansevieria cylindrica). 



Igi-ogura (W. Afr., Yorubalaiul). Rap/iia vini^era. 



Imbe (Braz.). See Pliilodendron imbe. 



Imbul (Ceyl.). See Eriodendron anfractuosum. 



Inaja palm (Braz.). See Maximiliana regia. 



Indian aloes. Aloe vera. 



Indian Coral tree. Erythrina indica. 



Indian gut (see Caryota urens). 



Indian hemp (IT. S.). Apocynum canuabinum. (Incl.) See Crotalaria. 



Indian mallow (IT. S.). See Abutilon avicenna\ 



Indian paper birch. Betula bliojpattra. 



Indian sorrel, of Jamaica. Hibiscus sabdariffa. 



Indigo plant fiber (see Indigo/era). 



Indigofera atropurpurea. 



A germs of the Leguminosa 1 , to which belongs the Indigo plant, /. tinctoria. The 

 species above named is a small Himalayan shrub, the twigs of which are said by 

 Watt to be used for basket work and bark bridges. In Kavirondo, British Cen- 

 tral Africa, a species of this genus, with the common name Tissiamcna, is used for 

 basketry. 



Ingipipa (Br. Guian). See Couratari. 



Ipomcea digitata. Caffir cotton. 



Syn. Batatas paniculata. 



The Ipomocas, belonging to the Conrolvulaceo', are widely distributed over all warm 

 climates, with a few species extending into North America, extratropical Africa, and 

 Australia. The morning glory is a representative of the genus. 



This species is merely referred to in Bernard's catalogue, as oue of the fiber plants 

 of middle Africa. 



Bernardiu includes /. gerrardi in his list under the name wild cotton of Natal. 



Irabirussu (Baliia). See Couratari. 

 Iriartea deltoidea. Camona. 



A Peruvian palm, which Dorca states yields iiber used by the Indians. 



Iriartea exorrhiza. 



A Brazilian palm, used for thatch in connection with Geonoma baculifera, which 

 see. The species is known in Brazil as Paxvuiba or Pashiuba, while /. setUjt ra is Paxiuba- 

 mira, and /. ventricosa is Barriguda. (Sec Orton, and im Thum.) 



These three species are now placed in as many genera, the title species being 

 referred to Socratea; I. setigera is Iriartella, and ventricosa remains in Iriartea. (See 

 figs. 67 and 68.) 



