210 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



coarser. Tlie native implements for extracting - the fiber are exceedingly rude — a fiat 

 board and a heavy iron knife. No special machine seems to have been invented for 

 the preparation of this fiber; but its close resemblance to the fibers of the agaves 

 and that of the edible pineapple (see Ananas sativa) would indicate the applica- 

 bility of existing leaf liber machines. See Appendix A. After the fust crop the leaves 

 grow again, but the fiber subsequently produced is short and of bad color. (Spon.) 

 K. Jiumilis, according to J. H. Hart, grows plentifully in Trinidad, but the fiber is 

 not employed. 



Karimgunji Jute (Ind.). See Cor chorus. 



Karpasi (Sansc.). Cotton. Gossypium. 



Kat-kati (Ind.). See Grew i a villosa. 



Kattan (Arab.). Linum usitatissimum. 



Kattu-una (Oeyl.). See Bambusa. 



Kattii-kapet (Afr.). Sansevieria lanuginosa. 



Kehal (Oeyl.). Musa sapientum. 



Kel and Kela (Bomb.). Idem. 



Kelpo (Java.). Cocos nucifera. 



Kenab (Arab.). See Cannabis sativa. 



Kendong (Java). Broussonetia papyri/era. 



Kenda (Bomb.). See Pandanus. 



Kenna (Ind.). Crotalaria retusa. 



Keratto (Jam.). See Agave morrisii. 



The Keratto of the Leeward Islands is Agave pohjantlia, according to Dr. Morris. 



Keya and Ketki-keya (Beng.). Pandanus odoratissimus. 



Khan (Ind.). Saccharum spontaneum. 



Khas (Hind.) and Khasakhasa (Bomb.). See Andropogon squarro&us. 



Khatmi, Kanji, Khubazi, etc., (Ind.). Malm sylvestris. 



In reviewing the many vernacular names of this plant, in India, Dr. AV.att says 

 that all the provincial names have been derived from the Persian Kangai or Eangoi 

 and probably refer to Abutilon. 



Khirva (Arab.). Rlcinus. 



Khujar (Pers.). Luffa wgyptica. 



Kian pak-kian 



" Body cloth made of very fine shreds of bamboo, passed between the teeth, and bit- 

 ten until they become quite soft and fit for weaving. It is the only article of dress 

 worn by the inhabitants of Celebes. ; ' (Off. Guide, Kew Mus. ) A specimen is shown 

 in the Kew Mus. that was made especially for the Rajah. 



Kie-kie (New Zea.). Freycinetia banksii. 



Kiki (Egypt). Bicinus. 





