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I, fig. 5. The lacteal fibre is continuous, very rarely attenuated, and many of its filaments have spiral irregularities and some- times in two ways, so that its surface appears covered with a net whose meshes are elongated rhombs. This irregula- rity may perhaps contribute to give greater coherence to the threads produced from this fibre, but it is also probable it will be overcome in the spinning, because it was not ob- served except in the fibres taken from the plant without having had to su...pport any weight. — 12 — The fibres of flax and Malpighiacea are composed of shorter filaments which become finer towards the points and overlap (Tab. II fig. 2, and Tab. Ill fig. 4), which must diminish their strength. As to breaking, it is very irregular in flax, Tab. II fig. 3; it seems to show the existence of weak points in different parts whilst in the fibres of the Malpighiacea, Tab. Ill fig. 3 and 4, — it is transversal and in only one place ; fig. 3 and 4 represent in the breaking, a tendency to ravel, in fig.
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