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Fuchsia racemosa, Lamarck. 



Mountains of Hayti. One of the species with edible berries of 

 very good taste. Fuchsia splendens (Zucearini) occurs in cold 

 regions of Giiatemala up to 10,000 feet high, and produces tasty 

 wholesome berries, the latter an inch and a half long; fit for 

 preserves [Mrs. Beal] ; it ripens its fruits at Port Phillip. F. 

 excorticata (Linne fil.) of New Zealand extends there far south, 

 and is perhaps as hardy as F. Magellanica (Lamarck) ; it rises to 

 30 feet, if not higher, and gains a stem-diameter of 3 feet ; hence a 

 scenic plant even for cool climes. Some of the ordinary garden 

 Fuchias are quite hardy in the south of Ireland. 



Galeg-a officinalis, Linne. 



Southern Europe and South- Western Asia. A perennial herb, 

 though not equal in value to the best clovers [Langethal], yet 

 recomrnendable as a fodder-herb on account of the large proportion 

 of its albuminous contents [Stebler] ; withstands drought through 

 its deeply penetrating roots. It will live on poor soil, provided, 

 that such is porous ; the yield is large. 



Garcinia Travancorica, Beddome. 



Madras-Presidency, up to elevations of 4,500 feet. This seems 

 to be the hardiest of the superior Gamboge-trees ; hence there is 

 some prospect of its prospering in forests of the warmer temperate 

 zone. G. anomala (Planchon and Triana) ascends to 6000 feet in 

 Martaban, but its gamboge is of an inferior kind. Gr. elliptica 

 (Wallich) furnishes superior Gramboge, but advances up the 

 mountains only to 4,000 feet [Kurz]. Gr. Cambogia (Desrousseaux), 

 furnishes no useful pigment. 



G-arcinia Xanthochymus. J. Hooker. (Xanthochymus pictorius, Kox- 

 burgh.) 



India. A middle-sized tree, yields inferior gamboge, but in 

 abundance. It has flowered somewhat outside the tropics in East- 

 Australia [Edgar]. G. morella (Desrousseaux). the best Gamboge- 

 tree, ascends only to 2,000 feet. 



Garuleum bipinnatum, Leasing. 



South- Africa. A perennial herb of medicinal properties ; praised 

 like numerous other plants there and elsewhere as an alexipharmic, 

 but all requiring close re-investigation in this respect. 



Ganlthieria BZyrsinites, Hooker. 



Northern California, Oregon, British Columbia. The fruit of 

 this procumbent shrub is said to be delicious. It would prove 

 adapted for any of the Alps. 



