178 IS elect Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Blionurus hirsutus, Munro. 



This tall grass is illustrated by Mr. Duthie among the fodder- 

 grasses of N.W. India. It grows on poor sandy soil. The seeds 

 are used for food by the natives of Bikanir [Dr. Watt]. 



Elymus arenarius, Linne.* (Hordeum arenarium, Ascherson.) 



The "Sea-Lyme" Grass. Europe and North-Asia, on sand-strands, 

 growing in Norway to lat. 71 7', also extending to Iceland. One 

 of the most important and vigorous of grasses for binding drift-sand 

 on the sea : shores. Endures being gradually covered with sand, but 

 not so completely as Psamma. The propagation is easiest from its 

 suckers. Undoubtedly there will be a great future in Australia for 

 this plant and for Psamma litoralis for conquering fugitive coast- 

 sands. Mr. A. W. Heywood observed that the seeds often germinate 

 more readily on drier sands than those of Psamma litoralis. He re- 

 commends dressing with street -refuse. The plant does not easily 

 catch fire. The North-American E. mollis (Trinius) is allied to this 

 species. 



Elymus condensatus, Presl.* 



The Bunch-Grass of British Columbia and California, extending 

 to lat. 58. This is favorably known as adapted for sand-land. 

 Prof. Bolander says, that it does excellent service in fixing soil on 

 steep banks. Mr. W. Gorlie noted it to bear severe frost, as much as 

 F. Bunches become fully a yard in diameter and bear stalks up to 

 10 feet high, so that in annual bulk and weight of produce it surpasses 

 all British pasture-grasses. It is also earlier than any of them, and its 

 young growth never suffers from spring-frosts ; moreover it is highly 

 nutritious and greedily eaten in all its stages by stock. This grass 

 should have some claim for adoption in scenic culture. 



Elymus Virginicus, Linne. 



Eastern North- America. Perennial, easily spreading, fit for river- 

 banks ; of some fodder value [C. Mohr]. 



Embothrium coccineum, R. and G. Forster. 



From Chili to the Straits of Magellan. The Notra or Ciruelillo. 

 A tree of exquisite beauty, but seldom reaching above 30 feet in 

 height. The wood is utilised for furniture. E. lanceolatum is merely 

 a variety [Dr. Philippi]. The equally gorgeous E. emarginatum of 

 the Peruvian Andes and E. Wickhami (F. v. M.) from Mount Bel- 

 lenden-Ker of North-Queensland, deserve, with the East- Australian 

 allied Steuocarpus sinuatus (Endlicher), a place in any sheltered 

 gardens or parks of the warm temperate zone 



