320 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



Italy for making mats, hand baskets, and also to cover chair seats, bottles, and flasks; 

 and. finally, the leaves are employed for calking vessels, and tilling the seams in casks 

 and barrels. 



Uaisima. 



In Orton's Andes and the Amazou this name is given to a light-wooded, slender 

 tree of the lower Amazon, the inner bark of which is said To contain a strong, silky 

 liber. If the name was written phonetically it may refer either to Urena lobata, or 

 to Guazuma ulmifoiia, as it is very similar to the Brazilian names of these species, 

 which follow. 



Uaixyma and G-uaxima (Braz.). Vrena lohatn. 



Uauassii palm (Braz.). See Attalea. 



Uaycima (Venez.). Guazuma ulmifoiia. 



Ubim (Braz.). See Geonoma. 



Udal (Ind.j. Sterculia villosa. 



Uki (Hawaii). See Gahnia beecheyii. 



Ukot. Raphia hooker i. 



Ulat-kamball (Ind.). Abroma augusta. 



Ulmus alata. The Wahoo. 



Common names. — Winged elm, wahoo, wahoo elm, witch elm, cork elm, moun- 

 tain elm, water elm. 

 The elm belongs to the family Ulmacece, which for the most part are large trees. U. 

 alata is a species which abounds in the hummock lands of middle Georgia. The bark 

 is very tough, and when stripped from the trees and steeped in water for several 

 weeks becomes quite pliant, and is said to make excellent horse collars. U.pubescens 

 (formerly U.fulva) is the slippery elm, its fibrous and mucilaginous bark being well 

 known. Fiber from " Red elm " bark has been received from Missouri. 



Ulmus campestris. 



This is the common Elm of Europe, thought to have been introduced into Britain 

 by the crusaders. Savorgnan states that the bark of the young branches is adapted 

 to making a common kind of cordage. 



The bark of U. wallicMi, a species occuring in India, contains a strong liber used 

 for cordage and for making bedstrings and sandals. Fiber is also said to have been 

 made from the scape of the flower stalks. 



Umbauba (Braz.). Gecropia peltata. 

 Umbogozembe (Natal). Urera tenax. 

 um-Vemvani (Natal). Sida rhombifoUa. 



Uniola racemiflora. 



A West Indian grass, the stems of which have been made into ropes. Also pro- 

 posed for paper stock. 



Upas tree (Java). Antiaris toxiearia. 

 Uram (Malay. Abutilon indieum. 



