276 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Kochia pubescens, Moquin. 



South-Africa ; there one of the best salt-bushes for pastures 

 [MacOwan]. 



Kochia villosa, Lindley.* 



In most of the depressed and saline regions of Australia, par- 

 ticularly inland, also on sand-lands. Renowned amongst occupiers 

 of pasture-runs as the " Cotton-bush," strangely so called, on 

 account of downy adventitious excrescences. This rather dwarf 

 shrub resists the extremes of drought and heat of even the trying 

 Central Australian clime. The roots sometimes penetrate into the 

 ground to a depth of 18 feet [Lockh. Morton]. With all other 

 pasture-animals, especially sheep, also dromedaries like this and some 

 other salt-bushes particularly for food ; so also ostriches [Officer]. 

 These kinds of plants tend to intercept bush fires ; they can be 

 multiplied also from cuttings. 



Kceleria cristata, Persoon. 



Widely dispersed over the globe. A perennial grass of fair 

 nutritive quality, sustaining itself on dry soil. The closely-allied 

 K. glauca can be sown with advantage on coast-sand. Prof. 

 Hieronymus mentions K. caudata (Grisebach) among good grasses 

 of the Southern Andes, occurring in the cold elevations from 10,000 

 to 12,000 feet. 



Krameria triandra, Ruiz. 



Chili, Peru and Bolivia, at elevations of from 3,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 This pretty little shrub can be grown on sandy ridges in an equable 

 clime. It produces the medicinal Ratanhia-root, well known also as 

 a dentifrice, and used further for colouring wine. The root contains 

 38 to 43 per cent, tannin [Muspratt]. Some other species have 

 similarly astringent roots, particularly K. Ixine (Loefling), from 

 Central America and the West-Indies. Some could be chosen to aid 

 in adorning and diversifying our gardens. Krameria is placed by 

 Eichler and also by Taubert among csesalpinous Leguminosse. 



Kunzea pomulifera, F. v. Mueller. 



Southern coast of Australia. This creeping or somewhat shrubby 

 plant is well worth naturalisation on other sandy or rocky shores 

 in mild climates, on account of the berries, called " Muntries " by 

 the aboriginals, yielding excellent jam or preserves. It occurs also 

 in the deserts of the interior, but is there not readily fruiting into 

 succulence. 



Lactuca saligna, Linne. 



Europe, Western Asia, Northern Africa. The slender mild Lettuce. 

 A herb of short duration, but of easy dissemination. Mr. Skene 



