150 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



seeds on pressure yield a fixed oil ; they are also anthelmintic. Most 

 of the ornamental gourds are varieties of this species. This, with 

 many other Cucurbitacese, yields much honey for bees. Pfister 

 recommends the variety with large yellow fruit particularly for mar- 

 malade. Professor R. A. Philippi and Johow mention the variety 

 C. mammeata (Molina) the " Zapallo " of the present inhabitants of 

 Chili and Peru, the "Penca" of the primeval autochthones as the 

 best of Pumpkins on account of the solidity and sweetness of its 

 fruits. The fruit of the perennial C. ficifolia (Bouche) is hardly 

 edible. Professor Naudin after long and careful study admits as 

 economic species only C. Pepo, C. moschata and C. maxima. 



Cudrania Javanensis, Trecul. (Cudranus Amboinensis, Rumph.) 



East-Australia, Southern and Eastern Asia to Japan, East-Africa. 

 This climbing thorny shrub can be utilised for hedges. Fruit edible, 

 of a pleasant taste ; the root furnishes a yellow dye. 



Cudrania triloba, Hance. 



China. The leaves of this shrub serve as food for silkworms 

 according to Mr. F. B. Forbes. 



Cuminum Cyminurn, Linn. 



North- Africa. The fruits of this annual herb are known as Cumin, 

 and used for certain condiments, as also in medicine. Cuminum 

 Hispanicum (Merat) is similar. Essential oil peculiar. 



Cunonia Capensis, Linn6. 



The Red Els of South-Africa. Occupies the upper edge of all 

 mountain-forests in Kaffraria, making a spreading tree 50 feet high 

 and 3 feet stem-diameter. Supplies a very pretty red wood used in 

 furniture and by waggon-makers [T. R. Sim~|. 



Cupania sapida, Voigt. (Blighia, sapida, Koenig.) 



The " Akee." Western tropical Africa. A tree, to 30 feet high, 

 if not sometimes higher. Flowers so fragrant as to be worth dis- 

 tilling. Succulent portion of the fruit eatable, improved by frying. 

 This Cupania may endure slight frost as some of its congeners. In 

 Jamaica it is cultivated only up to an elevation of 3,000 feet 

 [Fawcett]. Schumacher and Thonning gave, simultaneously with 

 Cambessedes' designation, the name C. edulis to this species. 



Cupressus Benthami, Endlicher. 



Mexico, at elevations from 5,000 to 7,000 feet. A beautiful tree, 

 reaching 60 feet in height. The wood is fine-grained and exceedingly 

 durable. Rate of growth at Port Phillip as much as 30 feet in height 

 within 15 years. Professor C. Koch deems it identical with C. 

 thurifera. 



