A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . bitat.—TeneriflFe, Canary Islands. Cultivated in Australia. See fig. 49. /). draco has a tree-like stem, simple or divided at the top, and often, when old,becoming much branched, each T)ranch terminated by a crowded head of lanceolate,linear, entire leaves of a glaucous-green color, which embrace the stem by theirbase. The tree derives its name from a resinous secretion or exudation known tocommerce as dragoons blood, which at one time formed an article of considerabl
A descriptive catalogue of useful fiber plants of the world : including the structural and economic classifications of fibers . bitat.—TeneriflFe, Canary Islands. Cultivated in Australia. See fig. 49. /). draco has a tree-like stem, simple or divided at the top, and often, when old,becoming much branched, each T)ranch terminated by a crowded head of lanceolate,linear, entire leaves of a glaucous-green color, which embrace the stem by theirbase. The tree derives its name from a resinous secretion or exudation known tocommerce as dragoons blood, which at one time formed an article of considerable DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 153 export from the Canaries. Some of the plants are gigantic in size, the colossaldragon tree at the town of Orotovia. in Tenerifle, being To feet high and 48 feet incironmference, with an antiquity which must at least bo greater than the -Specimens received with the \ictoriau collection from the Mel-bourne Botanic Garden, where it is thoroughly established. Dr. Guilfoyle states thatthe liber is strong and flexible, but the tree is of very slow growth. It is prepared. Fig. 49.—Greenhonse plant of Drncmna draco. from the leaves, and is white, line, and lustrous, and between 18 inches and 2 feet inlength. It IS not as strong, however, as the Cordyline fibers, though much softer. Bernardin mentions four species: D. draco, 1>. mauriliana, J>. marginaia, from Mau-ritius, and 7>. ierminalis. Sandwich Islands, known as Ti. llillebrand refers thisSpecies, however, to Cordyline, and states that the leaves are used in Hawaii as wrap-pers for food, or for plates. Ti is the Tahitian name of the tree. Specimens.—Mas. U. S. Dept. Ag.; Bot. Mas. Karv. Univ. Dragons blood tree (see Draccena). 154 USEFUL FIBER PLANTS OF THE WORLD. Dregea volubilis. Exogeu. .Isclepiadacca. Tall climbiug shrnl).An Indian species, found in Bengal, Assam, the Deccan, and Ceylon. Contains fiber used by the natives. In Bombay the creeper is
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