256 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Palm fiber. 



The principal palms from which fiber, or fibrous material, has been obtained are 

 as follows: Assai . Euterpe edulis ; Bamboo , Baphia vinifera; Betel- 

 nut , Areca catechu; Booba (see Iriartea) ; Broom , Atialea funif- 



era and Thrinax argentea ; Busu . Manicaria saccifera ; Cabbage , Euterpe 



oleracea ; Cabbage of Australia. Livistona australis ; Car ana , Maurilia 



carana; Carnauba, or Brazilian wax , Copernicia cerifera; Catechu . 



Areca catechu; Chusan , Traehy carpus fortune* ; Cocoauut , Cocos nucif- 



era; Cokerite, or Kokerite , Maximiliana regia; Coquito , Jubaa specla- 



bilis; Curua , Atialea spectabilis; Date , Phamtx dactylifera; Doom, or 



Doum , Hyphane thebaica; Double coeoauut , Lodoicea callipyge; 



Dragon's Blood , Dracana draco ; Fan , Chamaerops humilis, (see also Pal- 

 metto) ; Gebang , Corypha gebanga; Gomuti, or Gomuto , Arenga saceha- 



rifera; Hemp , or Indian , Trachycarpus excclsus ; Eta, or Ita , 



Mauritia flexuosa ; Id — , Astrocaryum acaule ; Ivory , Phytelepha* macro- 



carpa; Jamaica , Sabal blaclcbumiana ; Jara , Leopoldinia pulchra; 



Jnpati , Baphia tadigera : Macaw and Great Macaw , Acrocomia lasio- 



spath a and A . sclerocarpa : Miriti , Mauritia Jlexnosa ; Murumuni , Astro- 

 carijum murumuru; Nipah , Xipa fruticans; Oil , Elans guineeusis ; Pal- 

 metto (see Sabal and Serenoa) ; Palmyra , Borassus flabellifer; 



Pashiuba, or Paxiuba , Iriartea exorrhiza; Bataiia , (Pilocarpus ; Peach 



, GuUielma spcciosa ; Piassaba , Atialea funifera and Leopoldinia piassaba 



(see Piassaba in Catal.) ; Pinang , Areca catechu; Raffia , Baphia ruffia; 



Rattan , Calamus rotang, C. rndcntum, and other species; Royal , Orco- 



doxa regia; Sago , Metroxglon sagu (see also Sago in Catalogue); Silver 



thatch , Thrinax argentea; Talipot , Corypha umbraeulif era ; Thatch , 



Sabal blaclcbumiana ; Tecuma , Astrocaryum tucuma; Tucum . A. vulgare: 



Wine , Cocos butyracea and Caryota urens ; Wine , of Para, Mauritia 



vinifera; Zanora , Iriartea exorrhiza. 



Palm lily, The tall (see Cordyline indivisa). 



Palma real (W. Ind.). See Oreodoxa regia. 



Palmea (Hex.) Collective name for the Yucca group. 



Palmet (see Prionium). 



Palmetto. 



The saw , Serenoa serrulaia :•; the cabbage . Sabal palmetto ; the African, 



or Crin veg6tal, Chamaerops humilis ; royal, Sabal umbraeulifera : silver 



top — , Thrinax argentea. 



Palmite (Air.). See Prionium. 



Palmyra bass fiber, and Palmyra palm (see Borassus fldbellifer). 



Palo de Balso (Peru). See Ockroma. 



Palungoo (Tarn.). Hibiscus cannabinus. 



Pameta. Florida vernacular for Palmetto. 



Pampas grass (see Gynerium). 



Pandanus utilis, et sp. div. 



The genus Pandanus, or screw pines, embraces some 30 species or more, which 

 abound on the islands of the Indian Archipelago, the Mascarene Islands, India, China, 

 etc., and are distributed to other countries. In the economic literature of American 



