342 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



soap [Dr. Piesse]; also a valuable plant for edging flower beds. In 

 Norway it will grow to lat. 70 22' [Schuebeler] . 



Origanum Maru, Linne. 



Palestine. Perennial and very odorous. 



Origanum Onites, Linne". 



Countries at and near the Mediterranean Sea. Somewhat shrubby 

 and strongly scented. 



Origanum vulgare, Linne*. 



The ordinary Marjoram. All Europe, North-Africa, Northern 

 and Middle Asia. In Norway it is indigenous to lat. 66 16' 

 [Schuebeler]. A scented herb of perennial growth, containing a 

 pleasant volatile oil. It prefers limestone-soil. Of importance also 

 as a honey-plant. O. hirtum (Link), O. virens (Hoffmannsegg) and 

 O. normale (D. Don), are closely allied plants of similar use. Several 

 other Marjorams, chiefly Mediterranean, are of value. Their seeds 

 maintain vitality for a few years. 



Ornithopus sativus, Brotero. 



South-Europe and North- Africa. " The Seratelia or Serradella." 

 An annual herb, larger than the ordinary Birds' foot-herb, 0. perpus- 

 illus, L. It is valuable as a fodder-plant on sterile particularly moist 

 and sandy soil. It requires no lime, but improves in growth on such 

 especially gypsum-land. Particularly rich in digestible protein. Dr. 

 Goessmann found in Pennsylvania the total of two cuts to be in a 

 season 11^ tons green fodder, equal to nearly 3 tons dry on an acre. 

 One of the best plants for green manure [Revd. Dr. Muecke]. A 

 good honey-plant. It matures seeds near Christiania [Schuebeler]. 

 Has done particularly well in Hawaia. 



Oryza latifolia, Desvaux. 



Wild in Central America, but perhaps of Asiatic origin. This 

 species is said to be perennial and to attain a height of 18 feet. It 

 deserves trial culture, and may prove a good fodder-grass on wet 

 land in warm localities. O. perennis, (Moench) seems closely allied. 

 Bentham and J. Hooker are not inclined to admit more than one 

 species of Oryza. The present one is however maintained by 

 Grisebach. 



Oryza sativa, Linne.* 



The Rice-plant. South-Asia and North-Australia. Annual like 

 most cereals. Many rivulets in ranges afford ample opportunities 

 for irrigating rice-fields ; but these can be formed with full advan- 

 tage only in the warmer parts of extra-tropic countries, where rice 

 will ripen as well as in Italy, China, or the Southern States of the 



