Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 14. a. Chinese nettle; b. Neil gherry nettle; c. Bedolee. microscope it exhibits considerably greater asperi-ties than the Rhea, and has been recommended as asubstitute or for admixture with wool. A com-parison of the two figures (fig. 11, b, and fig. 14, it)will prove that such an admixture could readilybe detected. The fibre of the Mudar {Calotropis procera) issimilar in commercial value, but characteristically 12 SCIENCE-GOSSIP. [Jan. 1,1SGG. different in microscopical struc
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 14. a. Chinese nettle; b. Neil gherry nettle; c. Bedolee. microscope it exhibits considerably greater asperi-ties than the Rhea, and has been recommended as asubstitute or for admixture with wool. A com-parison of the two figures (fig. 11, b, and fig. 14, it)will prove that such an admixture could readilybe detected. The fibre of the Mudar {Calotropis procera) issimilar in commercial value, but characteristically 12 SCIENCE-GOSSIP. [Jan. 1,1SGG. different in microscopical structure (fig. 15, c). Itis not unlike flax without its transverse Fig. 15. a. Bariala; b. Ambaree; c. Mudar. The ultimate fibres are distinctly to be seen in theordinary bundles, which is not the case with flax. A creeping plant called Bedolee (Paderiafocticla) abounds in Assam, and yields a silky fibrepossessed of great strength and flexibility. Underthe microscope (fig. 14, <?) it appears as a smoothsolid cylinder with very slight markings. Jute is well known in English commerce, and isderived from two plants, Corc/iorus olitorius andCorchoms capsularis. The presence of this fibre,which, by the way, is an adulterant in extensive use,can be easily detected by the microscope (fig. 13, b).It has a rougher outline and is much more opaquethan flax; it has no definite cross markings, 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. B
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