SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



marked varieties of this species, called mainly Peesangs in 

 India, are under cultivation there, especially on the Archi- 

 pelagus, while M. sapientum occurs wild more frequently on 

 the mainland. Though the latter is principally cultivated on 

 the Indian continent, yet it never equals in delicacy the cul- 

 tivated forms of M. simiarum, the fruit of which sometimes 

 attains a length of 2 feet (Kurz) . 



Musa troglodytarum, Linne. (M. uranoscopos, Rumph.) 



India, and apparently indigenous also in the Fiji and other 

 islands of the Pacific Ocean. The fruit stalk of this species 

 stands upright ; the edible fruits are small, reddish, or orange- 

 coloured; pulp gamboge yellow, mawkish sweet (Kurz). The 

 Chinese M. coccinea, Ait., a dwarf ornamental species, has 

 also the fruit-spike straight. 



Myoporum laetum, Forster. 



New Zealand, where it is called Ngaio by the aborigines. 

 As a shelter tree it is equal to M. insulare for the most exposed 

 parts of the coast. It is excellent for shade, and its wood 

 takes a fine polish. It can he raised on the beach from 

 cuttings. Uprooted it will produce new roots if covered in 

 near the sea. Sheep and horses browse on the foliage. 



Myrica cerifera, Linne. 



The Wax Myrtle. Sandy sea-coast of North America. This 

 shrub helps to bind the rolling sand ; it has fragrant leaves ; 

 the fruits are boiled, and the floating wax, which can be 

 converted into candles, is skimmed off. In Patagonia, Argen- 

 tina, and Chili the scrophularineous Monttea aphylla, Bentham 

 (Oxycladus aphyllus, Miers), yields vegetable wax from it 

 branches (Lorentz). 



Myrica cordifolia, Linne. 



South Africa. This bushy plant arrests the influx of the 

 sea sand ; it also yields remuneratively wax from its fruits. 



Myrica Faya, Aiton. 



Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands. A small tree. The 

 drupaceous fruits are used for preserves. M. sapida, Wallich, 

 an Indian mountainous species, has also edible fruits. 



Myrica quercifolia, Linne. 



South Africa. This and M. cordifolia and the following are 



