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USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Ixtle (Mex.). See Istle. 



See also Agave aurea. On the authority of R. de Zayas Enrique the name also 

 applies to the fiber of Agave ixtle (= rigida) and has been applied to various Agaves 

 and Bromelias mentioned in economic tiher literature. mescal, Agave wislizeni. 



Iyo (Yorubaland). The fiber of Eaphia vinifera. 

 Jacitara (Braz.). See Desmojwus. 

 Jaggery palm (Ceyl.). See Caryota urens. 

 Jamaica Indian sorrel. Hibiscus sabdariffa. 



Fig. 



-The Paxinbn. Jriartea 

 exorrldza. 



Fig. (58. — The Paxiuba-iuira. Iriartea 

 setigera. 



Japanese matting rush, Bingo-i (Jap.). See Juncus effusus. 



Jara (Braz.). Leopold ini a pulchra. 



Jara assu (Braz.). Leopoldinia major. 



Jatoba (Braz.). Hymencea courbaril. 



Jauary (Braz. . See Astrocaryum jauarL 



Javas and Javasa (Turk.). Linum usitatissimum. 



Jayanti and Juyunti \Beng.). See Sesbania aculeata. 



