116 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Cerinthe major, Linne. 



Countries around the Mediterranean Sea. A handsome but annual 

 herb, particularly alluded to by G. Don as a honey-plant of superior 

 value. A few congeners exist in the same regions, among which 

 C. minor (Bauhin) is biennial or pauciennial, and C. alpina (Kitaibel) 

 perennial. 



Ceroxylon andicola, Humboldt.* 



The Wax-palm of New Oranada, ascending the Andes to 11,000 

 feet. One of the most majestic and at the same time one of the 

 most hardy of all Palms, attaining occasionally a height of 180 feet. 

 The trunk exudes a kind of resinous wax, about 25 Ibs. being 

 obtainable at a time from each stem ; this, after the admixture of 

 tallow, is used for candles. There are several other andine Palms, 

 which could be reared in Australian forests or in sheltered positions 

 about our dwellings. 



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



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



Ceroxylon Klopstockia, Martius. 



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

 feet. 



Cervantesia tomentosa. Ruiz and Pavon. 



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, Linn. 



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. 

 MacOwan]. Foliage poisonous. 



Cetraria Islandica, Acharius. 



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

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

 translocation to other cold parts of the globe ; it yields, on boiling, 

 a nutritious jelly, pleasant after the removal of the bitter principle 

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

 medicine. 



