326 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. 



In Dr. George Watt's Rhea ami allied Rhea fibers (selections* from the records of the 

 Governmeufof India, revenue and agricultural department) there is an exhaustive 

 account of the fiber of both V. integrifolia and V. frutescens. See also Die. Ec. Prod. 

 Ind., Vol. VI. Part IV. 



Vismia cayennensis. 



The Vismias are mostly tropical American plants, though several species are found 

 in Africa. Some of the species, such as V. cayennensis, from Guiana, yield a resin 

 known as American gamboge. This species is fouud in Trinidad, known as Bois Sang. 

 Mr. J. II. Hart states that it yields a coarse bast fiber. 



Vitis adnata. 



Belongs to the Vitaceae, a slender climbing plant met with in the hotter parts of 

 India, Ceylon, Java, Philippine Islands, etc., and allied to the common grape, V. vin- 

 ifera. It is reported that the Santals prepare a good cordage fiber from the stems. 



Voivoi (Fiji Is.). Pandanus caricosus. See under P. utilis. 



Volandera (Cent. Am.). Gavanillesia plantanifolia. 



Vonitra (Madagascar). See Dictyosperma fibrosum. 



Wadara (Br. Guiau.). See Couratari. 



Waduri (Java). Galotropis gigantea. 



Waduri bast (Br. Guian.). See Lecythis. 



Waeta keyiva (Oeyl.). Pandanus odoratissimus. 



Wahoo elm (see Ulmus alata). 



Wal (Ceyl.)=Wild. 



Wal-kaihil (Oeyl.). Musa sapiemtum. 



Walola (New Guin.). See Polyporus. 



Warang bast. Kydia calycina. 



Washingtonia filifera. 



A California palm — southern California to western Arizona — found in rocky locali- 

 ties in dry, sheltered canyons. Fibrous material is said to have been produced from 

 it by the Indians. Mentioned by Rouiyn Hitchcock in list of fibers published by 

 theU. S. Nat. Mas., 1884. 



The revised name of this species is Neowashingtonia filamentosa. 



Water iris, Yellow (see Iris). 



Water weed. Elodea canadensis. 



Wawla bast. Holoptelea integrifolia. 



Wax palm (Braz.). Gopernicia cerifera. 



Wayaka Fiji Is.). See Pachyrhizus angulatus. 



Wedding flower, Lord Howe's (Austr.). Morcea robinsoniana. 



Wei (Ceyl.)=Climber. A common affix in Ceylon names. 



Weni-wel (Ceyl.j. Coscinium fenestratum. 



West Indian locust. Hymencea courbaril. 



