90 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



preserved in bottles with fresh vinegar. In. sheltered plains of 

 Provence annually about 1,760,000 Ibs., worth at an average 7d. 

 per pound, are collected. The shrub comes into full bearing at the 

 fifth year, the harvests continuing well for many years afterwards 

 [Masters]. Chemical principle : Rutin. 



Capsicum annuum. Linne. 



Central America. An annual herb, which yields the Chilies, and 

 thus also the material for cayenne-pepper. The fruits of the large 

 carnulent variety are consumed like those of the egg-plant. Chemical 

 principle : the acrid, soft-resinous capsicin. Comes, to seeding in 

 Christiania still. The seeds will keep for several years. 



Capsicum baccatum, Linne. 



The Cherry-Capsicum. A perennial plant. Brought from Brazil 

 to tropical Africa and Asia, where other pepper-capsicums are like- 

 wise now naturalised. 



Capsicum frutescens, Linne. (C. fastigiatum, Blume.) 



Tropical South-America. The berries of this shrubby species 

 are likewise converted into cayenne-pepper. 



Capsicum long-urn, De Candolle. 



Some of the hottest parts of America. An annual herb, also 

 yielding cayenne-pepper. C. grossum (Willd.) is also mentioned 

 by Colonel Drury as a pungent species. The summers of the warm 

 temperate zone admit of the successful growth of at least the annual 

 species of Capsicum in all the lowlands. C. humile binds sand even 

 when brackish. 



Capsicum micro car pum, De Candolle. 



South-America. It is this species, which is used by preference 

 in Argentina. There are annual and perennial varieties. 



Caragana arborescens, Lamarck. 



The Pea-tree of Siberia, reaching to 70 North. The seeds are 

 of culinary value, but particularly used for feeding fowls. The 

 leaves yield a blue dye [Dr. Bosenthal]. 



Carex arenaria, Linne. 



Western Europe and Northern Asia. Hardy to lat. 62 30 ; in 

 Norway [Schuebeler]. One of the most powerful of sedges for 

 subduing rolling sand, its rigid foliage not attracting grazing 

 animals. The roots are of medicinal value. 



Carex BZoorcroftiana, Falconer. 



The Loongmur of the Alps of Thibet. One of the best of sedges 

 for fixing the shifting sand by its deeply penetrating and creeping 



