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INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 



readiness with -n-hieh masses of the plant absorl) and retain 

 moisture. 



71. Woody fibers as here understood, are either slender 

 twigs with the liark removed, or timber mechanicallj^ re- 



FlG. 225. — VL-grtal5lc Spoiigr iLuffn iriji/pl '"'■". (inurd I'amily. Cncurhitn- 

 ce/e). Tip of vine shovviiir; leaves, tendrils, and yiiung flowers. .',. 

 Staniinatc flower, with corolla spread open. Pistillate flower, evit 

 \-ertirally. Frnit, .;. Same, cut across. (Redrawn troni Duthie and 

 Fuller.) — .Aoiuud vine; leaves rough; flowers j'cllow; fruit 30-100 em. 

 long, greenish with ten darker rilis. Native home, troi)ies of the (lid 

 World. 



