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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23

III.—Fibres Chiefly Suited for the Manufacture of Cordage, Twine, etc. — a. Hemp (Cannabia sativa)

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III.—Fibres Chiefly Suited for the Manufacture of Cordage, Twine, etc.

a. Hemp (Cannabia sativa).

It is cultivated in many parts of India for the sake of the "Bhang" or intoxicating resin of its leaves, but as yet only occasionally for its fibre.

726.Himalayan hemp, Cannabis sativa, Kangra.