128 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



from Abyssinia, seemingly allied to E. stricta. The Arabian and 

 Himalayan E. flagellifera (Nees) is perennial. Other species of 

 Eleusine are deserving of trial. 



Elymus arenarius, Linne.* 



The Sea Lyme-Grass. Europe and North- Asia, on sand-coasts, 

 growing in Norway to lat. 71 7'. One of the most important and 

 vigorous of grasses for binding drift-sand on the sea-shores. En- 

 dures being gradually covered with sand, but not so completely as 

 Psamma. The North-American E. mollis (Trinius) is allied to this 

 species. 



Elymus condensatus, Presl.* 



The Bunch-Grass of British Columbia and California, extending to 

 lat. 58. This is favorably known as adapted for sand-land. Prof. 

 Bolander says, that it does excellent service in fixing soil on steep 

 banks. Mr. W. Gorlie noted it to bear severe frost, as much as F. 

 Bunches become fully a yard in diameter and bear stalks up to 10 

 feet high, so that in annual bulk of weight of produce it surpasses 

 all British pasture-grasses. It is also earlier than any of them, and 

 its young growth never suffers from spring-frosts; moreover it is 

 highly nutritious and greedily eaten in all its stages by stock. This 

 grass should have some claim for adoption in scenic culture. 



Elymus Virginicus, Linne". 



Eastern North-America. Perennial, easily spreading, but fit for 

 river-banks; of some fodder value (C. Mohr). 



Embothrium coccineum, E. and G. Forster. 



From Chili to the Straits of Magellan. The Notra or Ciruelillo. 

 A tree of exquisite beauty, but seldom reaching above 30 feet in 

 height. The wood is utilized for furniture. E. lanceolatum is merely 

 a variety (Dr. Philippi). The equally gorgeous E. emarginatum of 

 the Peruvian Andes and E. Wickhami (F. v. M.) from Mount Bellen- 

 den-Ker of North-Queensland, deserve, with the East- Australian 

 allied Stenocarpus sinuatus (Endlicher), a place in any sheltered 

 gardens or parks of the warm temperate zone. 



Enceph.alartos Denisonii, F. v. Mueller. (Macrozamia Denisonii, Moore 



and Mueller.) 



New South Wales and Queensland, in the litoral forest-tracts. 

 This noble Pine-palm is hardy as far south as Melbourne, and with 

 E. spiralis, E. Preissii and the South- African species to be regarded 

 as a most desirable acquisition to any garden-scenery in mild zones. 

 All admit of translocation even when of large size and when 

 many years old. The lifted stems, with an unusual tenacity of life, 

 sometimes remain dormant for several years. After removal they can 

 be shipped in close cases as dead goods, the leaves being previously 

 cut away, but such shipments should not be exposed to severe frost 

 on transit. Where naturally these Pine-palms abound, an excellent 

 starch may profitably be got from their stems. 



