88 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Vahlii, B. gonoclada, B. retusa, B. glomerata, B. Wrightii, all from 

 the West Indies, B. Madagascarica, also B. longifolia from Turkey, 

 and B. Wallichiana from the Himalayas. It does not, however, 

 appear to be known how the wood of any of these, nor of the various 

 gpecies of the Indian genus Sarcococca or the genus Styloceras of the 

 Andes compares with true box-wood ; nor is it known, whether or 

 not they are of much more rapid growth. 



Csesalpinia BondUG, Roxburgh. (Guilandina Bonduc, Linn6.) 



Widely dispersed through the inter -tropical regions of both hemi- 

 spheres with G. Bonducella, L. These two species would be well 

 adapted for hedges in the warmer parts of the temperate zone. The 

 seeds of C. Bonducella are admitted into the Indian pharmacopoeia as 

 a febrifuge ; Thwaites says' that every part of the plant is used 

 medicinally in Ceylon [Dr. G-. Watt]. 



Csesalpinia brevifolia, Bent ham. (Balsamocarpon brevifolium, Clos.) 



Chili, the " Algorobillo." The pods of this shrub or small tree 

 are extraordinarily rich in tannic acid ; Godeffroy found in the husks 

 67-68^ per cent. The process of tanning with these pods is accom- 

 plished in one-third of the time required for leather from oak-bark ; 

 this material is also especially valuable as giving a bloom to the 

 leather. According to Hartwich, noteworthy also for a yellow dye 



Csesalpinia coriaria, Willdenow. 



Wet sea-shores of Central America. Might be naturalized in salt- 

 marshes elsewhere. Prospers as far south as Natal [J. M. Wood]. 

 Colonel Drury states, that each full-grown tree produces annually 

 about 100 Ibs. of pods, the husk of which, commercially known as 

 Divi-Divi, is regarded as the most powerful and quickly acting 

 tanning material in India. The mercantile price of the pods is from 

 8 to 13 per ton. England imports about 4,000 tons annually ; 

 the bark is used for tanning. Lac is also gathered from this bush 

 [Dr. G. Watt]. 



Csesalpinia crista, Linne. 



West-Indies and Carolina. This shrub or tree furnishes a yellow 

 dye-wood. 



Csesalpinia echinata, Lamarck. 



Brazil. The Fernarabuc-wood or Red Brazil-wood is obtained 

 from this tree and allied species ; they also furnish the dye-principle 

 brazilin. The great Brazilian territory derived its name from the 

 glowing colour of this dye-product, the word being of Spanish root. 

 At the time of flowering the air for a considerable distance from this 

 tree is laden with the odor of the flowers, suggesting the agreeable 



, atmosphere near Boronia megastigma when that is in flower [W. E. 



. Brodway]. 



