470 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



demand. Good writing-paper is made from Esparto without 

 admixture ; the process is similar to that for rags, but cleaner. 

 The price of Esparto-paper ranges from 40 to 50 for the ton. 

 The worlds requirements of material for paper-mills is now annually 

 such as to turn out about 3,000,000 of tons of paper. Stipa 

 arenaria (Brotero) is a closely allied and still taller species, con- 

 fined to Spain and Portugal. Consul W. P. Marks and Mr. G. 

 Noble deserve great praise for having brought the Atocha into 

 commercial and manuf actural recognition. Mr. Christy notes, that 

 half its weight consists of fibre, fit for paper-mills. See further 

 his important publications on new commercial plants. Stipa 

 pennata, S. capillata and S. elegantissima will grow in pure sand, 

 are pretty for bouquets ; the latter liked by pasture-animals [G. 

 Simpson] ; it grows best on lime-stone soil. 



Streblus asper, Loureiro. 



South- Asia. This bears a good recommendation for live fences, 

 being a shrub of remarkable closeness of branches. 



Strophanthus X&ombe, Oliver. 



Tropical Africa. A somewhat climbing shrub, which likely 

 would accommodate itself to sub-tropic regions. The seeds, which 

 contain the alkaloid Strophanthin, have come into therapeutic use ; 

 this may give a clue to possible efficacy of various congeneric or 

 co-ordinal plants, S. hispidus (De Candolle) having already in this 

 respect established its position in cardial diseases [Prof. Eraser]. 



Stylidium Vitiense, F. v. Mueller. (Marlea Vitiensis, Bentham.) 



Eiji, Queensland and New South Wales. A middle-sized tree, 

 generally with a gouty trunk. Wood bright-yellow, with fine 

 undulating rings, black towards the centre. Fruit edible [P. 

 O'Shanesy]. The generic name Stylidium by Loureiro has many 

 years priority over that of Marlea by Roxburgh. 



Stylosanthes elatior, Swartz. 



South-Eastern North- America, West-Indies. A perennial herb 

 possessing valuable medicinal properties, sedative and tonic [Dr. 

 E. Sell]. 



Styrax officinalis, Linne. 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. A tall bush or small tree. 

 The fragrant solid storax-resin exudes from this plant, or is par- 

 ticularly obtained by pressure of the bark. 



Swertia Chirata, Hamilton. (Ophelia Chirata, Grisebach.) 



From Kashmir to Bootan and Khasia, at elevations from 4,000 to 

 10,000 feet. A perennial herb, considered as one of the best tonics ; 

 it possesses also febrifugal and antarthritic properties. Its admin- 



