132 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Claytonia perfoliata, Bonn. 



From Mexico to California and Cuba. An annual succulent herb, 

 serving for salad and also spinage. The genus could be reduced to 

 Montia. 



Claytonia polyandra, F. v. Mueller. (Calandrinia polyandra, Hooker.) 



This succulent perennial herb is much liked by all kinds of pasture- 

 animals in sub-tropic Western Australia, and also consumed there by 

 the aboriginals ["Isaac Tyson]. 



Claytonia tuberosa, F. v. Mueller. (Calandrinia tuberosa, Bentham.) 



Mexico, up to cold elevations. The root of this herb is edible, 

 and could probably be improved as an esculent by careful culture of 

 the plants. 



Clinostigma Mooreanum, F. v. Mueller. (Kentia Mooreana, F. v. M.) 



Dwarf -Palm of Lord Howe's Island, where it occurs only on the 

 summits of the mountains, at about 3,000 feet elevation. Likely to 

 prove one of the hardiest of all palms. 



Coccinia Indica, Wight and Arnott. (Cephalandra Indica, Naudin.) 



Southern Asia, extending to China and Silhet. Perennial thick- 

 rooted. The fruit is one of the commonest vegetables eaten by the 

 natives of India [Dr. G. Watt]. 



Coccoloba uvifera, Jacquin. 



Central America, northward to Florida. A tree, attaining a large 

 size, fit for sandy sea-shores. Sir J. Lefroy noticed in Bermuda 

 stems 6 feet in girth. The dark blue sweet or acidulous berries are 

 edible, and attain a length of nearly an inch. A kind of. kino is 

 obtained from the bark ; the wood yields a red dye. Dr. Rosenthal 

 notes as likewise producing edible fruits : C. nivea (Jacq.), C. 

 pubescens (L.), C. excoriata (L.), C. flavescens (Jacq.), C. diversifolia 

 (Jacq.), C. Leoganensis (Jacq.) is also a coast-tree ; other species 

 belong to forest-regions of mountains. They are all natives of the 

 warmer zones of America. 



Cochlearia Armoracia, Linne". (Nasturtium Armoracia, Fries.) 



The Horse-radish. Middle Europe and Western Asia. Perennial. 

 In Norway grown to latitude 70 22' N. Requires rich soil ; best 

 propagated from truncheons. On some soils not easily eradicated: 

 The foliage can also be utilised culinarily. Within the tropics this 

 plant thrives best in shady localities. The volatile oil of the root 

 allied to that of mustard. 



