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Title: New Zealand Exhibition, 1865 A Classified List of Contributions from British India and its Dependencies, Forwarded by Order of the Secretary of State for India, from the India Museum, London

Author: J. Forbes Watson

In: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23

Publication details: Victoria University of Wellington Library, Wellington

Part of: The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23

d. Nilgiri Nettle (Urtica heterophylla)

d. Nilgiri Nettle **(Urtica heterophylla)**.

This nettle abounds in the Nilgiri Hills and also in some other parts of the country. It furnishes a fibre of such a nature that the term "vegetable wool" has been applied to it.

715.	Nilgiri Nettle Urtica heterophylla, from old wood, valued at £60 per ton.
716.	Nilgiri Nettle, Urtica heterophylla, from new wood, valued at £65 per ton.