Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 1. a. Sunn; b. Jetee ; c. Dhunchee. in diameter, with slight rugosites on the surface. Dhunchee {Sesbania aculeala) has a very regularfibre (fig. 17, c), with a somewhat woody structure. We arrive now at the second group of vascularfibres, namely, those afforded by endogenous plants,of which the most important is that afforded by thePine-afple (Anauassa sativa). Under the micro-scope they have a somewhat opalescent, glass-likeappearance, and arc very refractive. Jan. 1, 1SGG.]
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 1. a. Sunn; b. Jetee ; c. Dhunchee. in diameter, with slight rugosites on the surface. Dhunchee {Sesbania aculeala) has a very regularfibre (fig. 17, c), with a somewhat woody structure. We arrive now at the second group of vascularfibres, namely, those afforded by endogenous plants,of which the most important is that afforded by thePine-afple (Anauassa sativa). Under the micro-scope they have a somewhat opalescent, glass-likeappearance, and arc very refractive. Jan. 1, 1SGG.] SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 13 Manilla Hem?, the produce of a species of plan-tain (vol. i. p. 232) called by botanists Musatextilis, presents but little variation from other endo-genous fibres, except in the presence of distinctcross-markings (fig. 18, c).. Fig-. 18. a. Pineapple; b. New Zealand flax ; c. Manillahemp. The New Zealand Elax (Plionnium ten ax) has apeculiar flossy appearauce under the microscope.(Eig IS, b.) Of a vastly different character are the coarserfibres, which remain to be noticed.
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