INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 



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Fig. 265. — Bottle-gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris. Gourd Family, Cucxirhitacew). 

 Plant in fruit, 12. Flower. (Vilmorin.) — Annual, climbing by tendrils 

 to a length of 10 m. or more; hairy throughout; flowers white; fruit 

 yellowish or orange, very various in form, sometimes 2 m. long. Native 

 home, Old World Tropics. 



Fig. 266, I. — Vegetable Ivory (PInjtelephas microcarpa, Palm Family, 

 Palmaccw). Plants, in flower, a staminate plant in front, and a pistil- 

 late one behind. (Karsten.) — Shrub with short stem sending up leaves 

 7-8 m. long; fruit dry. Native home. Tropical America. 



