. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. Macrozamia spiralis. This species, belonging to the Cycadacece, occurs in New South Wales, the repre- sentatives of the genus being found chiefly in Australia. * Specimens of the pulu- like surface fiber are preserved in the Bot. Mus. Harv. Univ. Fig. 77 i8 a leaf of M. denisonii in the Department conservatory. Madar fiber or Mudar (Ind.). See Galotropis gigantea. Madras hemp (Ind.). See Grotalaria. Maggio piccolo (It.). See Goronilla emerus. Maguey (Mex.). Se
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. A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world, including the structural and economic classifications of fibers. Fibers. Macrozamia spiralis. This species, belonging to the Cycadacece, occurs in New South Wales, the repre- sentatives of the genus being found chiefly in Australia. * Specimens of the pulu- like surface fiber are preserved in the Bot. Mus. Harv. Univ. Fig. 77 i8 a leaf of M. denisonii in the Department conservatory. Madar fiber or Mudar (Ind.). See Galotropis gigantea. Madras hemp (Ind.). See Grotalaria. Maggio piccolo (It.). See Goronilla emerus. Maguey (Mex.). See Agave mexicana and A. americana; blando, A. salmiana; de tequila. A. ameri- cana, A. wislizeni, etc. The term-Maguey, with and without an affix, has been used as a general term to designate many species of Agaves. Ignacio Blazqnez enumerates 33 species and varieties of Maguey8 which grow or are cultivated on the plains of Apam. and names 16 species and varieties growing or cultivated in the district of Cholula which yield pulque. See also Agave potatorum. Mah-line or Malaing (Burm.). See Broussonetlapapyri/era. Mahoe. Also written Mahaut. This name is applied to several West Indian and South American species of nialvaceous plants; sometimes written Mahaut. The species named in this work are: bord Ja-mer, Hib- iscus tiliaceus; cousin , Triumfetta semi- triloba; blue or mountain , Hibiscus elatus; : red , Sterculia caribcea; Congo , Jfibis-. —, Thespesiapopulnea; arboreus, etc.; Fig. 77.—A leaf of Macrozamia denisonii. cus dypeatus; seaside wild , Malvaviscus pincet, Fuuifera utilis, sec Lagetta. "Mahoe is a collective name for the bast fibers of Paritium, Ochroma, Thespesia, Hibiscus, etc. The word is the same as Majagua used in Venezuela, Colom- bia, and other countries." (l>r. Ernst. The name Mahoe is applied in Trinidad j ipeiba, (J. H indiscriminately to the genera Paritium, Thespesia, Daphnopsis. Ochroma, HeUocarpus, and many others producing bast tissue