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579- The same from Japan, same donor. 



580. Second quality of same, grown in India. Same donor. 



581. Ramie fiber, cleaned and ready for spinning. 



582. Stems of the stinging nettle, of India. — Girardinia heterophylla Decne. 



Native of India. Obtained at Jorepokri, near Darjeeling, India, by C. 

 William Beebe, as were the twelve following. 

 583—584. The crude fiber removed from the preceding. 



585. The same, partially cleaned and bleached. 



586. The same, more perfectly cleaned and bleached. 



587. The same, dyed red. 



588. The same, dyed blue. 



589. Stems of the non-stinging nettle of India. — Pouzolzia viminea Wedd. 



590. The crude bast-fibers removed from the preceding. 



591. The same, cleaned and bleached. 



592. The same, dyed red. 



593. The same, dyed blue. 



594. The same, dyed green. 



595. The same, dyed yellow. 



596. Pamago. — The stem of Pericampylus incanus Miers. {Menispermaceae — 



Moonseed Family). From the Philippine Islands. Presented by Theodore 

 Miiller. 



597. Maljan. — The fibrous bark of Bauhinia Vahlii Wight & Arnott. (Caesalpin- 



iaceae — Senna Family). Native of India. From the northwestern provinces 

 of India, through the Philadelphia Museums. 



598. Bast-fibers from the preceding. Same donor. 



599. Bark cloth. — Made by soaking, pounding, and softening the inner bark of a 



species of Brachystegia. Same family. Native of Africa. Obtained in 

 Uganda, Africa, and presented by Paul Miiller, of New York City. 



600. Another specimen of same. Same source and donor. 



601. Guama rope. — Made from the bast-fibers of Lonchocarpus domingensis 



(Pers.) DC. {Fabaceae — Pea Family). Native of the West Indies. Ob- 

 tained at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, by J. A. Shafer, in 1912. 



The Flax Exhibit 



The flax plant is Linum usitatissimum L. of the Linaceae, 

 or flax family, native of Europe and Asia. It is cultivated 

 in all temperate regions for its seed and fiber. There are 

 two distinct strains of the plant, one specially adapted 

 to each of these uses. Fiber flax, when mature, is either 

 pulled up by the roots and the roots cut off, or it is cut as 

 closely as possible to the ground. The weeds are then 

 separated by hand, after which the seed is stripped off. 

 The stems are then submerged in water for a long time, to 

 allow the softer parts to decay and soften, this process 



