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Ceroxylon australe. Martins. (Juania australis, Drude.) 



Juan Fernandez, latitude 34 South, on tlie higher mountains. 



Ceroxylon XLlopstockia, Martins. 



Venezuela. This very tall Wax-palm reaches elevations of 6,000 

 feet. 



Cervantesia tomentosa, Ruiz and Pa von. 



Forest-mountains of Peru. This tree yields edible seeds. It is 

 likely to prove hardy in lower forest-regions of the warmer extra- 

 tropic countries. 



Oestrum nocturnum, Linne. 



West-Indies, Southern Mexico. Praised above almost all other 

 plants for its fragrance in Mexico, its flowers lasting through the 

 summer and autumn, and their scent being particularly powerful 

 at night [Dr. Barroeta]. In South -Africa preferentially used for 

 wind-breaks, cuttings striking root with the utmost ease [Prof. 

 McOwari]. Foliage poisonous. 



Cetraria Xslandica, Acharius. 



Colder regions of Europe, Asia and North-America. This 

 renowned lichen, inappropriately called " Iceland-Moss," deserves 

 traiislocation to other cold parts of the globe ; it yields, 011 boiling, 

 a nutritious jelly, pleasant after removal of the bitter principle 

 [Cetrarin], the latter rendering this lichen additionally valuable in 

 medicine. 



Chaerophyllum bulbosum, Linne. 



Middle Europe and Western Asia. The Parsnip-Chervil. A 

 biennial herb. The root a very palatable culinary esculent, con- 

 siderably richer in starch than potatoes. To be kept some time 

 before consumed [Yilnioriii]. 



Chaerophyllum macrospermum, Willdenow. 



Turkey and Persia, in the cool regions, ascending to alpine eleva- 

 tions. A biennial herb, the sweetish root of which serves as a 

 culinary vegetable. 



Chamaedora elatior, Martins. 



Mexico, at an elevation of 4-5,000 feet. This graceful palm 

 attains only a height of about 12 feet and bears some frost. With 

 many of its congeners available for table-decoration. The oldest 

 generic name is Moreiiia. 



Chamaerops excelsa, Thunberg.* (Trachycarpus excelsus, Wendland.) 



Southern China, as far north as Napong, also in Japan. This 

 Fan-palm is highly desirable, although not so tall as the name 



