52 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Barbarea vulgaris, R. Brown. 



In the cooler regions of all parts of the globe, ascending to alpine 

 zones. Hardy to lat. 64 5' in Norway (Schuebeler). This herb 

 furnishes a wholesome salad. As with other raw vegetables, particu- 

 larly watercress (Nasturtium aquaticum, Trag.), circumspect care is 

 necessary, to free such salads from possibly adherent Echinococcus-ova 

 or other germs of entozoa, particularly in localities where hydatids 

 prevail. An excellent honey-plant (Muenter), particularly for cold 

 regions. Several allied species exist. 



Barosma serratifolia, Willdenow. 



South-Africa. This shrub supplies the medicinal Bucco-leaves. 

 B. crenulata, Hooker (Diosma crenulata, L.) is only a variety of this 

 species. Active principles: a peculiar volatile oil, a peculiar resin 

 and a crystalline substance called diosmm. Empleurum serrulatum 

 (Solander), a small South- African shrub, yields also Bucco-leaves 

 as noted by Prof. Eichler. 



Basella lucida, Linn. 



India. Perennial. This spinage-plant has somewhat the odour 

 of Ocimum Basilicum ; other species serve also for culinary purposes. 



Basella rubra, Linne. 



From Southern Asia to Japan. This annual or biennial herb serves 

 as a spinage of pleasant coloration, but is not possessed of the 

 agreeable flavor of real spinage. It yields also a rich purple dye, not 

 easily fixed however (Johnson). 



Bassowia SOlanacea, Bentham. ( Witheringia solanacea, L'Heritier.) 



South- America. This perennial herb needs trial-culture, on account 

 of its large edible tubers. 



Batis maritima, Linn<$. 



Central America and northward 'to Florida, also in the Sandwich- 

 Islands. This shrub can be used, to fix tidal sediments for the 

 reclamation of harbor-lands. 



Beesha elegantissima, Hasskarl. 



Java, on mountains of about 4,000 feet elevation. Very tall and 

 exceedingly slender; the upper branches pendulous. A hardy species 

 of Bamboo. 



Bells jaculifolia, Salisbury. (Cunninghamia Sinensis, R. Brown.) 



Southern China. A tree, attaining 40 feet in height. Though too 

 slow for timber-growth, it should not be passed in this work, as its 

 Araucaria-like habit entitles it to a place in any arboretum, which is 

 not subject to severe frosts; it proved hardy at Arran (Rev. D. 

 Landsborough). The tree furnishes resin; the timber serves building- 

 purposes well. 



