EUCALYPTUS TREES. 523 
J apan. A favorite ornamental shade Acacia in South 
Europe. 
Aloe dichotoma, L. fil. — Damarara and Namaqua 
land. This species attains a height of 30 feet, and 
expands occasionally with its branches so far as to 
give a circumference of 40 feet. The stem is remark- 
ably smooth, with a girth sometimes of 12 feet. It 
is a yellow-flowering species. A. Bainesii, Baker & 
Dyer, is almost as gigantic as the foregoing. Both 
doubtless yield medical gum-resin like many others. 
A. Barber, which is closely related to A. Zeyheri, 
attains, in Caffraria, a height of 40 feet, with a stem 
16 feet in circumference at 3 feet from the ground. 
Andropogon argenteus, Candolle.—Pronounced by 
Leybold to be one of the best fodder-grasses of the 
Cordilleras of Chile. 
Andropogon pertusus, Willd.—South Asia, tropical 
and sub-tropical Australia. Perennial. Mr. Nixon, 
of Benalla, regards it one of the best grasses to with- 
stand long droughts, while it will bear any amount 
of feeding. A. Haleppensis (recorded before) yields 
a very large hay-crop for mowing, as it may be cut 
half-a-dozen times in a season, should the land be 
rich. All kinds of stock have a predilection for this 
grass. It will mat the soil with its deep and spread- 
ing roots; hence it should be kept from cultivated 
fields. 
Andropogon saccharatus, Roxburgh. —The stem can 
be used as a culinary vegetable. 
Andropogon sorghum, Brotero.—The panicles are 
used for carpet-brooms, the fibrous roots for velvet- 
brushes. <A kind of beer called ‘* Merisa’’ is prepar- 
ed from the seeds, 
