250 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Musk mallow (see Hibiscus abelmoschus). 



Musk ochra. Hibiscus moscheutos. 



Nai (Pers.). See Bambusa arundinacea. 



Naha (Ceyl.). See Lasiosiphon eriocephalus. 



Nali and Nalela (Inrt.). Hibiscus cannabinus. 



Nalika (Hind.). Hibiscus cannabinus. 



Nalita pat (Ind.). See Corchorus. 



Nangka (Java). Artocarpus. 



Nangsi (Java). Boehmeria. 



Nanat (Burm.). Ananas sativa. 



Nannorhops ritchieana. 



Endogen. Palmas. Stemless gregarious shrub. 

 India and portions of Asia, where the plant is about 14 feet high. Dr. Watt men- 

 tions that mattings, fans, baskets, hats, and shoes or sandals are made from the 

 leaves and leaf stalks. It was once used as a material for a rope bridge across the 

 Jhelum, in place of rnunj (Saccharum), but proved an inferior substitute. "Scurf 

 from the bases of the leaves (surface fiber) is used as tinder for matchlocks.'' 



Nape (Tahiti). Cocos nudfera. 

 Nar (Ind.) = Fragrant. 

 Nara-woel (Ceyl.). Naravelia. 

 Narainganji jute (see Corchorus). 

 Naravali and Narvilli (Ind.). See Cordia. 



Naravelia zeylanica. 



Exogen. Ranunculacece. 



Ascandent shrub of India, Ceylon, and otherregions, the stems of which are roughly 

 twisted into useful ropes. 



Narel, naryal, etc. (Ind.). Cocos nudfera. 



The Die. Ec. Prod. Ind. gives over 100 vernacular names of the cocoanut, among 

 which are ndriel (Hind.); ndrikel (Beng.); naliyer and ndryal (Guj.); naril, neutral 

 (Bomb.) : ndralmdd and mahad CSlaT .) ; narilcadam (Tel.) : narjil (Arab.) : nargil (Pers.) ; 

 nur (Mysore) : ndri-kera (Sans.) ; etc. ; others are formed from totally different roots. 



Narnuli (Ind.). See Cordia angustifolia. 



Neigella cloth. Fabric from sunn lieinp. Crotalaria juncea. 



Nelumbium speciosum. The Sacred Lotus. 



This aquatic herb, with rosy, red, or white flowers, abounds in Africa and Asia. 

 It iv found in ail parts of India. 



Bast Fiber.— The long stalks of the lotus yield a sort of yellowish-white fiber, 

 which is used principally for the wicks of sacred lamps in Hindu temples; and the 

 Hindu doctors are of the opinion that the (loth prepared from this liber acts medic- 

 inally as a febrifuge. (1 >ic. Ec. Prod. Ind., Vol. V.) 



Nepal paper plant. Daphne cannabina. 



