276 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Pulipunta (Peru). See Pliytelephas. 



Pulu (Hawaii). See Gibotium spp. See under Woodwardia. 



Punj (lud.). Sterculia guttata. 



Puta and Puttiya (X. W. Prov. Ind.). See Kydia. 



Quahitl (Tuc.j Maya) = a tree. 



Quasb (Arab.). Bambusa arundinacea. 



Queensland hemp. Sida rhombifolia. 



Queimora (Braz.). Gouratari. 



Quimbombo. Spanish for Hibiscus esculent us. 



Raffia. 



The name given to a surface fiber which is produced by stripping the epidermis of 

 the leaves of species of palms of the genus Ilaplna. which see. Epidermal strips 

 similar to raffia may also be produced from the leaves of many other species of palm 

 such as Cocos nucifera, the cocoanut, Borassus, the Palmyra palm, etc.. specimens of 

 "which are preserved in economic museums. 



Ragi (Ind.). Eleusine coraeana. 



Ragweed. Ambrosia trifida. 



Rain-coats, Fiber for. Jap., Oryza sativa ; China, Traclnjca rp us excels us. 



Raiz de Zacaton (Mex.). Epicampes macroura. 



Rajmahal hemp (Ind.). See Marsdmia. 



Rameta bast (see Lasiosiplion eriocephalus). 



Rami (Peru). Boehmeria. 



Rami-tsjina (Malay). See Gorchorus. 



Ramie and Ramee. Boehmeria tenacissima. See also B. nirea. 



Ramio (Span.). Sarnie, or species of Boelimcria. 



Ran or Ban-bhendi (Bomb.). Malachra capitata. 



Ran-shewra (Bomb.). Sesbania. 



Raphia ruffia. Baffia Palm. 



Endogen. Palmce. 



There are several species of this genus, natives of Africa, where they abonnd in 

 low, swampy lands upon river banks or near the sea upon both the east and west 

 coasts. One species, however, is found in similar situations in Brazil. They produce 

 gigantic pinnate leaves often 50 feet in length, trees frequently being found 70 feet 

 in height. The immense fruit spikes often weigh 200 or 300 pounds, and bear a large 

 number of one-seeded fruits larger than eggs. The genus is a prominent one, as it 

 contains three species yielding important commercial libers. 



B. ruffia is a Madagascar species, growing abundantly on the coast and inland, 

 reaching an altitude of 1.000 feet. The leaves average 25 feet in length and are made 

 up of a series of long grass-like pinnate fronds. (See tig. 02. 



The revised name of this species is R. pedunculata. 



SURFACE Eibek. — This liber is derived troni the cuticle of the leaves, which are 



