A report on the leaf fibers of the United States detailing results of recent investigations relating to Florida sisal hemp, the false sisal hemp plant of Florida, and other fiber-producing agaves; bowstring hemp, pineapple fiber, New Zealand flax, and bear-grass . U. S. Dept of Agriculture. Fiber Report No. 5 Plate 29 seem to radiate from a common center like a many-pointed star, whilethe color is always in strong contrast to the surrounding true sisal plant, on the contrary, sends up its mass of leaves fromthe surface of the ground, though sometimes with a very short foot-
A report on the leaf fibers of the United States detailing results of recent investigations relating to Florida sisal hemp, the false sisal hemp plant of Florida, and other fiber-producing agaves; bowstring hemp, pineapple fiber, New Zealand flax, and bear-grass . U. S. Dept of Agriculture. Fiber Report No. 5 Plate 29 seem to radiate from a common center like a many-pointed star, whilethe color is always in strong contrast to the surrounding true sisal plant, on the contrary, sends up its mass of leaves fromthe surface of the ground, though sometimes with a very short foot-stalk, this difference alone rendering identification easy, for before thelower leaves of sisalana have been cut, as in cultivation, the plant nevershows this habit. (See Plate iv.) Other marked differences are: theshorter, narrower leaf in decipiens nearly always (on the keys) rolled inat the sides so that a cross section appears like the letter U. (See Fig. 4.)In color it is a brighter, more livid green. Its spines, whichare very thickly set along the edges, are strongly recurved,and so sharp that it is impossible to go about among theplants without lacerating the flesh or tearing the clothing.(See Fig. 5.) Even the young plants, which have notacquired their footstalks, differ so greatly from the youngplants o
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