68 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



perennial and yields the important medicinal Ipecacuanha root, 

 would live in our warmer forest regions, such as those of East 

 Gippsland. Active principles : emetin and ipecacuanha acid. 



Cephalotaxus drupacea, Siebold et Zuccarini. 



China and Japan. This splendid Yew attains a height of 60 

 feet, and is very hardy. According to Dr. Masters the C. 

 Fortunei (Hooker) is merely a variety. 



Ceratonia Siliqua, Linns'. 



The Carob Tree of the Mediterranean regions. It attains a 

 height of 30 feet and resists drought well ; succeeds best on a 

 calcareous subsoil. Wood pale red. The saccharine pods, 

 Algaroba or St. John's Bread, of value for domestic animals. 

 The seeds germinate readily. The exportation of the pods for 

 cattle food from Greta alone is now about 180,000 tons annu- 

 ally (Dr. Masters) . In some of the Mediterranean countries 

 horses and stable cattle are almost exclusively fed upon the 

 pods. The meat of sheep and pigs is greatly improved in flavour 

 by this food, the fattening properties being twice that of oil- 

 cake. The pods contain about 66 per cent, of sugar and gum. 

 To horses and cattle 6 Ibs. a day are given of the crushed pods, 

 raw or boiled, with or without chaff. The Spanish conquerors 

 took this plant early to Central and South America. 



Cercocarpus ledifolius, Nuttall. 



California. Rises in favourable spots to a tree 40 feet high, 

 with a stem diameter of 2J feet. The wood is the hardest 

 known in California. C. parvifolius is of lesser dimensions. 



Cereus Engelmanni, Parry. 



Utah. A dwarf species with large scarlet flowers, and refresh- 

 ingly cool fruits of strawberry taste. C. Lecontei attains 

 there to the size of a flour-barrel. Columnar species of 

 Cereus, rising to 40 feet high, occur also in Argentina. 



Cereus Quixo, Gay. 



Chili. This stately Cactus attains a height of 15 feet, and is 

 one of the hardiest species. The charming snow-white flowers 

 are followed by sweetish mucilaginous fruits, available for 

 the table (Philippi) . C. giganteus (Engelaiann) , from New 

 Mexico, which attains the stupendous height of 50 feet, with 

 a proportionate columnar thickness, yields also edible fruits, 

 and lives unprotected in our clime. It was introduced by 

 the writer many years ago. C. repandus and C. triangularis 



