8 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



articles of turnery, especially bobbins (Dickinson). By improved 

 methods the fragrant oil of the flowers will doubtless be fixed, 

 though its absolute isolation might be difficult and unremunerative. 

 The tree as a rule seeds well. Leaves also very rich in tannin. 



Acacia retinodes, Schlechtendal. 



South-East Australia. Ascertained already in 1846 by Dr. 

 Hermann Behr to yield a good tanners' bark and much gum. 

 This Acacia is ever-flowering, and in this respect quite exceptional. 

 It likes river-banks, but never grows beyond the height of a small 

 tree. 



Acacia Seyal, Delile. 



In the Libyan and Nubian Deserts. This thorny tree exudes a 

 brownish kind of gum-arabic. It is adapted for the most arid 

 desert country. In any oasis it forms a large and shady tree. 

 Native name, "SofFar." 



Acacia stenocarpa, Hochstetter. 



Abyssinia and Nubia. A large tree, which yields the brownish 

 Suak or Talha Gum, a kind of gum-arabic. (Hanbury and 

 Flueckiger). 



Acacia stenophylla, A. Cunningham. 



On banks of water-courses in the interior of Australia, as far 

 south as the Murray River. A tree with exquisite, hard, dark 

 wood, serving like Myall wood. 



Acacia Verek, Guillemin <fe Perrottet. 



From Senegambia to Nubia. Affords the best white gum-arabic 

 of the Nile region, and a large quantity of this commercial article. 

 A. Etbaica (Schweinf.) from the same region produces also a good 

 mercantile gum. 



Acanthophoenix rubra, H. "VVendland. 



Mauritius and Reunion. This palm proved hardy as far south as 

 Sydney (C. Moore). Height to 60 feet. The upper rings of the 

 stem are of a bright red. 



Acanthosicyos horrida, Welwitsch. 



In the deserts of Angola, Benguela, and Damarland. This thorny, 

 cucurbitaceous, erect shrub bears fruits of orange size and colour, 

 of pleasant acidulous taste. The seeds are also edible. The plant 

 will live in the most arid desert land, and is one of the few which 

 resist the scorching effects of even the sirocco. 



