. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. SURFACE FIBERS 225. Fig. 214.—Upland Cottou [Gu^vypii'i/i hcrhaccuni. Mallow I-'araily, Malva- cae). Plant in flower and fruit. tBaillon.)—An annual in cultivation, growing 1-2 m. tall: lea^ down\'; flowrrs yollow; fruit dr_\-; seed brown. Native home, probably India. part of the inner hark of ; (3) woody fibers, composed entirely of wood; (4) mixed fibers, containing both wood}' and bast-hkc fibers; and (5) pseudo-fibers, which consist either of entire plants or of parts lacking both wood and bast. 67. Sur
. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. SURFACE FIBERS 225. Fig. 214.—Upland Cottou [Gu^vypii'i/i hcrhaccuni. Mallow I-'araily, Malva- cae). Plant in flower and fruit. tBaillon.)—An annual in cultivation, growing 1-2 m. tall: lea^ down\'; flowrrs yollow; fruit dr_\-; seed brown. Native home, probably India. part of the inner hark of ; (3) woody fibers, composed entirely of wood; (4) mixed fibers, containing both wood}' and bast-hkc fibers; and (5) pseudo-fibers, which consist either of entire plants or of parts lacking both wood and bast. 67. Surface fibers occur upon .stems, leaves, fruit, and seeds. The only one of much economic importance is cotton. This forms the woolly covering of the seeds of several species, principally the upland cotton (Figs. 214, 215) and the Sea Island cotton (Fig. 216). The former is the chief fiber plant of the world. To-day it is cultivated throughout the tropics and very generally in subtropical regions. The southern United States produce more than all the rest of the world. Two thousand six hundred years ago it was raised in India. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company
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