28 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



plant, its herbage used as an aromatic condiment, but the root 

 seemingly deleterious. 



Anthyllis vulneraria, Linne. 



The Kidney Vetch. All Europe, North Africa, West Asia. 

 This perennial herb serves as sheep fodder, and is particularly 

 recommended for calcareous soils. It would also live on our 

 Alps. 



Apios tuberosa, Moench. 



North America. A climber, with somewhat milky juice. The 

 mealy tubers are edible. 



Apium graveolens, Linne. 



The Celery. Europe, North Africa, North and Middle Asia. 

 It is here merely inserted with a view of pointing out that, it 

 might be readily naturalised on our sea-shores. 



Apium prostratum, La Billardiere. 



The Australian Celery. Extra-tropical Australia, New Zea- 

 land, Extra-tropical South America. This also can be utilised 

 as a culinary vegetable. 



Apocynum cannabinum, Linne. 



On river-banks in North America. A perennial herb. This 

 is recorded among plants yielding a textile fibre. 



Aponogeton crispus, Thunberg. 



From India to New South Wales. The tuberous roots of this 

 water-herb are amylaceous and of excellent taste, though not 

 large. The same remarks apply to A. monostachyus, Linne, 

 fil. 



Aponogeton distachyos, Thunberg. 



South Africa. This curious water-plant might be naturalised 

 in our ditches, swamps, and lakes, for the sake of its edible 

 tubers. The scented flowering portion affords spinage. 



Aquilaria Agallocha, Roxburgh. 



On the mountains of Silhet and Assam. A tree of immense 

 size. It furnishes the fragrant calambac or agallochum- 

 wood, known also as aggur or tuggur or the aloe-wood of 

 commerce, famed since ancient times. The odorous portion is 

 only partially distributed through the stem. This wood is 

 also of medicinal value. 



