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Title: Hardwicke’s science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt), b. 1825 Taylor, J. E. (John Ellor), 1837-1895
Subjects: Science Natural history
Publisher: London : Robert Hardwicke
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s, andthe cells frequently terminate in a tongue-likeshape. Bariala is the native name of Sida rhomboidea,which yields a similar fibre in India. The micro-scopic appearance (fig. 15, a) is that of a regular,distinct, longitudinal structure. It is opaque andslightly woody. By reflected light it presents apearly appearance not unlike New Zealand flax. Ambaree is the brown hemp of Hibiscus canna-bbms, and under the microscope (Gg. 15, b) is verysimilar to the fibre of the Bariala. The true Hemp {Cannabis satira) is well known;and fig. 16 represents the microscopic appearance ofthree varieties : the Russian, Himalayan, and Italian.They are not unlike flax, except as to the transversemarkings, in which hemp is usually defective, and,when present, not so decided. It is difficult to dis-tinguish some fine samples of hemp from flax. Sunx or Bombay hemp (Crotalaria jvncea) offersa fibre which microscopically is rather like that of hemp, but rougher, and without any indication ofcross markings.
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Fig. 16. a. Russian hemp : b. Himalayan hemp;c. Italian hemp. Jetee (Marsdenia tenacissimd) yields the Rajma-hal bowstring hemp, a> fibre much valued for itstenacity. The ultimate fibres (fig. 17, b) are regular
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