154 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Cupressus torulosa, D. Don. 



Nepal-Cypress. Northern India ; 4,500 to 8,000 feet above the 

 sea-level. Average ordinary height 40 feet, but much larger dimen- 

 sions are on record ; thus Dr. Stewart and Major Madden mention 

 a tree 150 feet in height, and 17 feet in stem-girth. The reddish 

 fragrant wood is as durable as that of the Deodar-Cedar, and highly 

 valued for furniture. The tree prefers limestone soil. Splendid for 

 wind-breaks and tall hedges. Sir D. Brandis thinks, that it may 

 attain an age of 1,000 years. See C. glauca. 



Curcuma longa, Linne". 



"Turmeric." Tropical Asia. The clime of some regions of 

 Japan proved warm enough for rearing this plant, which for 

 ornament's sake alone deserves attention. Hardy at Moreton-Bay 

 [Fr. Turner]. Turmeric is an ingredient of curry-powder, and is 

 also used for tingeing chemical test-paper; it consists of the pounded 

 root. It is exported to the value of 100,000 annually from India. 



Curtisia faginea, Aiton. 



South-Africa. A tree, attaining 40 feet in height. The wood is 

 heavy, tough and durable ; the Caffirs use it for their assegais. It 

 answers well for superior furniture, tools, and is not surpassed there 

 by any other wood for the construction of waggons, to be used in a 

 hot and dry country. (See "Indian Forester," 1885.) 



Cyamopsis psoraloides, De Candolle. 



Southern Asia. The " Guar." This annual is mentioned by Dr. 

 Forbes Watson among the plants, which furnish throughout the year 

 table-beans to a portion of the population of India. The plant is 

 however more important as a good cattle-fodder [Dr. Watt]. 



Cyathea medullaiis, Swartz. 



Malayan Archipelagos, Islands in. the South-Pacific Ocean, South- 

 Eastern Australia and New Zealand, there to 47. Admitted into 

 this work, as an extensive export exists in root-stems of tree-ferns, 

 this species being one of the most hardy. 



Cycas Normanbyana, F. v. Mueller. 



A noble Queensland-species, deserving introduction, and capable 

 of being shipped to long distances in an upgrown state without 

 emballage. Tall stems of Cycas media, brought to conservatories 

 abroad, after eight years' dormancy sprouted into foliage [J. C. 

 Schmidt]. 



Cycas revoluta. Thunberg. 



The Japan Pine-Palm. The trunk attains in age a height of 

 about 6 feet, and is rich in sago-like starch. The slow growth of 



