Titlebook: Identification of Vegetable Fibres; Dorothy Catling,John Grayson Book 1982 D. M. Catling and J. E. Grayson 1982 anatomy.environment.flax.p

梯田

Abaca (Manila Hemp),round rhizomes which spread and bud. The aboveground part of the plant consists of a pseudostem formed from overlapping leaf bases; the true stem, which bears the inflorescence, arises from the centre of the pseudostem. The commercial fibre is the sclerenchyma of the leaf bases.

STENT

ry rarely establishes the plant‘s identity; more often, it is necessary to recognize a unique combination of characteris­ tics. For plant identification, the most valuable characteristics are those least likely to be affected by changes in environment; if the feature is uncommon as well as stable, i

Matrimony

Hemp, ., form the family Cannabaceae and that . is a monotypic genus; Index Kewensis lists only the species C. . L., an erect dioecious annual which grows rapidly through a comparatively short growing season. A detailed botanical description of the species is given by Steam (1970).