358 SELECT PLANTS TOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



nulla-nullas, the jagged spear-ends. A. excelsa (Benth.) and 

 A. fasciculifera (F. v. M.) are among the Queensland species, 

 which furnish most valuable dark wood. 



Acacia stenocarpa, Hochstetter. 



Abyssinia and Nubia. A large tree. Yields the brownish 

 Luakin or Talha gum, a kind of gum-arabic (Hanbury and 

 Flueckiger) . 



Acanthophcenix rubra, H. Wendland. 



Mauritius and Bourbon. This Palm proved hardy as far south 

 as Sydney (C. Moore) . Height up to 60 feet. The upper rings 

 of the stem bright red. 



Albizzia basaltica, Bentham. 



Eastern sub-tropical Australia. A small tree ; the wood praised 

 by Mr. O'Shanesy for its reddish colour and silky lustre. 

 Cattle like the foliage. 



Arundinaria Hookeriana, Munro. 



Himalayas, up to nearly 7,000 feet. A dwarf species, only 

 15 feet high, vernacularly known as Yoksun and Praong. The 

 seeds are edible and are used also for beer (Sir J. Hooker). 



Bambusa Balcooa, Roxburgh.* 



From the plains of Bengal up to Assam. Proved hardy at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Height up to 70 feet. With P. Tulda 

 the principal bamboo for constructing large huts or sheds, but 

 Roxburgh found that to render the material durable it needs 

 long immersion in water. 



Bambusa Tulda, Roxburgh. 



Southern India, chiefly on the plains. Grows in a month up 

 to 70 feet, according to Roxburgh. With B. Balcooa it fur- 

 nishes the principal material for the bamboo houses in 

 Bengal (C. B. Clarke). 



Bassia latifolia, Roxburgh. 



Central India, up to 2,000 feet. The " Mahwa." A tree 50 feet 

 high. Content with dry stony ground. Will endure a slight 

 frost. The succulent corollas afford a never-failing crop of 

 food to the native inhabitants. Each tree yields from two to 

 three cwt. of corollas, which supply a nourishing esculent. 

 One hundredweight yields three gallons of spirit ; essential oil 



