310 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Tah-lah-kul-kel (Seminole). Sab al palmetto. 



Tahuari (Peru). See Gouratari tauari. 



Takachii (Hopi). Hilar iajamesii. 



Talhuari (Peru). See Couratari tauari. 



Tal, Tari (Hind.), and Tal-gas (Oeyl.). Borasstis fldbellifer. 



Talipot palm (Ceyl.). See Corypha umbracuHfera. 



Tampico fiber (see Agave heteracantlia). 



Tan and Htan (Burin.). Borassus fldbellifer. 



Tang-tiau (China). Calamus rotang. 



Tanner's cassia. Cassia auriculata. 



Tapoto (New Zea.). SeePhormium. 



Tappa cloth. Also written Tapa and Kapa. See Broussonetia. 



Refer also to division C. Natural Textures, Economic classification of uses, p. 31, 

 Introduction. See Brachystegia, Couratari, Daphne, Hibiscus, Lagetta, etc., for other 

 cloth suhstitutes. 



Tarapota (Peru). Iriartea ventricosa. 

 Tarariki. Xew Zealand flax. See Phormium. 

 Tataja (Columbia). See Couratari. 

 Tauary (Braz.). See Couratari. 



Taxodium distichum. 



The cypress of Xorth Carolina, which has a range from Virginia southward to 

 Florida and westward to Texas. A specimen of its fibrous inner hark was sent to the 

 Department for the W. C. E., 1893. It might he twisted into coarse cordage for local 

 uses, hut is not utilized as far as can he learned. 



Tchou (China). T.s-o, so, shoo, a plant or tree. 

 Tchou-ma (China). Boehmeria nivea. 

 Teale ("Egypt). Hibiscus cannabinus. 

 Tea plant (Fla.). Sida rhombifolia. 

 Tecoma viminalis. 



Formerly known as Bignonia viminalis, the most commonly used name, which see. 

 Tecum (Braz.). See Bactris setosa and Astrocaryum tucuma. 

 TefF (see Poa abyssiniea). 

 Tekapu (Xew Zea.). Celmisia coriacea. 

 Tha-ma-chok (Burin.). Abutilon indicum. 

 Theobroma cacao. Cocoa or Chocolate Tree. 



Exogen. Byttneracece. A tree, 16 to 18 feet. 

 Native of tropical America, and in cultivation spread over the West Indies and the 

 more northern countries of South America. Source of the cocoa aud chocolate of 

 commerce. 



