295 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



South-India and Malay-Islands. This rather tall tree furnishes 

 the Rambutan- or Rampostan-fruit, similar to the Litchi- and 

 Longan-fruit. As one species of Nephelium is indigenous as far 

 south as Grippsland (Victoria), and as all the species seem to require 

 rather a moist mild forest-clime than great atmospheric heat, \ve 

 may hope to bring this tree also to perfect bearing in favoral le 

 spots of a temperate clime. 



Nephelium Litchi. Cauibessedes. 



Southern China, Cochin-China and the Philippine-Islands. An 

 evergreen middle-sized tree, producing the Litchi-fruit. Fruits 

 fairly well in subtropic Eastern Australia, also in favorable places 

 as far south as Port Jackson. The pulpy arillus is of extremely 

 pleasant taste, though not large. 



Nephelium Xiong-anum, Cambessedes. 



India and Southern China. Height of tree to about 40 feet. 

 The Longan-fruit is obtained from this tree ; it is smaller than that 

 of the Litchi-tree and less palatable. The tree prospers at Port 

 Jackson [C. Moore]. 



Xephelium pinnatum, Cambessedes. (Pometia pinnata, Forster.) 



Fiji and other Western South-Sea Islands. The " Darva." Hopes 

 are held out that the fruits of this tree, similar to those of the 

 Litchi, may become improved by cultivation [Home]. 



Meurachne Mitchelliana, Nees. 



The Mulga-grass. In the arid interior of Eastern and South" 

 Eastern Australia, With its companion, N". Munroi (F. v. M.) 

 eligible as a perennial fodder-grass for naturalisation in sandy or 

 dry sterile land. It endures any extent of drought, but requires 

 heavy rain to start anew [R. S. Moore]. 



Nicotiana glauca, Graham. 



Argentina and Uruguay. This quickly growing arborescent 

 species can be raised on mere sand on the coast, as one of the best 

 of plants to establish shelter and stay the shifting of the sand- 

 waves. There the poisonous quality of its foliage is not objection- 

 able. It is inadmissible to pastural places on account of its 

 deleteriousness. 



Nicotiana multivalvis, Lindley. 



The native Tobacco of the regions on the Columbia-River. An 

 annual. This can be utilised for some inferior kinds of tobacqo. 



