104 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Danthonia Cunninghami, J. Hooker. 



New Zealand. A splendid Alpine fodder grass with large panicles. 



Danthonia nervosa, J. Hooker. 



Extra-tropical Australia. One of the best nutritious swamp 

 grasses. 



Danthonia penicillata, F. v. Mueller. 



Extra-tropical Australia. Dr. Curl found this perennial grass 

 useful for artificial mixed pasture. Its principal value is in spring. 

 Noted as very valuable in its native localities. 



Danthonia robusta, F. v. Mueller. 



Australian Alps. Forms large patches of rich forage at the very 

 edge of glaciers. The tall D. rigida (Raoul) of New Zealand is 

 closely allied. 



Daucus Car ota, Linne. 



Europe, North Africa, extra-tropical Asia east to Japan. The 

 Carrot. Biennial. Admits of naturalisation along our shores. 

 Beyond the ordinary culinary utilisation it serves for the distillation 

 of a peculiar oil. Large-rooted varieties as well as the herb give a 

 good admixture to stable fodder, Carrot treacle can also be pre- 

 pared from the root. Requires lime in the soil for its prolific 

 culture. The chemical substances carotin and hydrocarotin are 

 derived from it. 



Debregeasia edulis, Weddell. 



The Janatsi-itsigo or Teon-itsigo of Japan. Berries of this bush 

 edible, fibre valuable for textile fabrics. A few Indian species, 

 with fibre resembling that of Boehmeria, ascend to the Himalayas 

 for several thousand feet, and may therefore be very hardy 

 namely, D. velutina, D. Wallichiana, D. hypoleuca ; the latter 

 extends to Abyssinia, where it has been noticed at elevations of 

 8,000 feet. On mountains in Java occurs D. dichotoma. 



Dendrocalamus giganteus, Munro. 



Malacca and the adjacent islands. Habit of Gigantochloa maxima ; 

 therefore one of the mightiest of all Bamboos. 



Pendro calamus Hamilton!, Nees. 



Himalayas, between 2,000 and 6,000 feet. Height up to 60 feet. 

 The young shoots of this stately Bamboo are edible in a boiled 

 state (Hooker). It endures great cold as well as dry heat (Kurz). 



