FIBRO-VASCULAR BUNDLES OF MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. ----------------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | | | Ananassa | Musa | Phormium | | Agave | Yucca | sativa | paradisiaca | tenax | | Americana. | gloriosa. |(Pine Apple.) | (Manilla). | (New Zealand | | | | | | Flax). | ----------------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ 1. Yield of cellulose | 81·2 | 80·8 | 76·3 | 62·8 | 86·3 | by chlorine method | | | | | | | | | | | | 2. Character of |Fibres free.|Fibres free.| Fibres |Fibres | Fibres | isolated cellulose | | | agglutinated.|agglutinated. | partially | | | | | | agglutinated.| | | | | | | 3. Loss in boiling 1 | 9·9 | 14·5 | 9·6 | 18·6 | 5·8 | per cent. caustic | | | | | | soda (5 minutes) | | | | | | | | | | | | 4. Ditto (60 minutes) | 14·6 | 16·5 | 19·0 | 31·7 | 9·9 | | | | | | | 5. Ash | 1·0 | 1·3 | 1·0 | 1·6 | 0·9 | | | | | | | 6. Elementary C. | 45·9 | .. | 42·5 | 42·6 | 44·4 | composition H. | 6·1 | .. | 5·6 | 5·6 | 5·9 | | | | | | | 7. Lignified or |Lignified. |Lignified. |Lignified. |Lignified. |Lignified. | otherwise. Aniline | | | | | | sulphate reaction | | | | | | ----------------------+------------+------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+