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oil can be distilled. The culture of this and allied plants is 

 easy in the extreme, 



Satureja montana, L. 



The Winter Savory. On arid hilly places at and near the 

 Mediterranean Sea. A perennial somewhat shrubby herb, 

 frequently used as a culinary condiment along with or in 

 place of the foregoing species, although it is scarcely equal 

 to it in fragrance. 



Satureja Thymbra, L. 



Countries at or near the Mediterranean Sea. A small ever- 

 green bush, with the flavor almost of Thyme. The likewise 

 odorous S. Graeca, L., and 8. Juliana, L., have been trans- 

 ferred by Bentham to the closely cognate genus Micromeria ; 

 they are in use since Dioscorides' time, though not repre- 

 senting, as long supposed, the Hyssop of that ancient physi- 

 cian. 



SailSSUrea Lappa, Bentham. (Raplotaxis Zappa, De Caisne.) 

 Cashmere. The aromatic root of this perennial species is 

 of medicinal value, and by some considered to be the Costus 

 of the ancients. 



Schizostachyum Blumei, Nees. 



Java. A lofty Bamboo. A few other species, less elevated, 

 occur in China, the South Sea and Philippine Islands and 

 Madagascar. The genus might well be united with Melo- 

 canna. The Bamboos being brought once more thus before 

 us, it may be deemed advisable, to place together into one 

 brief list all those kinds, which are recorded either as very 

 tall or as particularly hardy. Accordingly, from Major- 

 Greneral Munro's admirable monography (" Linnean 

 Transact.," 1858,) the succeeding enumeration is compiled, 

 and from that masterly essay, resting on very many years' 

 close study of the richest collections, a few prefatory remarks 

 are likewise offered, to vindicate the wish of the writer of 

 seeing these noble and graceful forms of vegetation largely 

 transferred to every part of Australia, where they would 

 impress a grand tropical feature on the landscapes. Even 

 in our far southern latitudes Bamboos from the Indian 



