504 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Sesbania JEgyptiaca, Persoon. 



Africa, Southern Asia, Northern and Central Australia, ranging 

 to 33 north in Afghanistan and to 33 south on the Darling River, 

 ascending to 4,000 feet in the Himalayas. By Australian pas- 

 toralists called " Pea-Bush." The foliage of this tall perennial herb 

 and of the allied annual S. brachycarpa (F. v. M.) serves as fodder, 

 which cattle are ravenously fond of. According to Mr. T. Gulliver, 

 the green pods, as well as the seeds, are nutritious, wholesome, and 

 of pleasant taste. 



Sesbania cannabina, Persoon. 



South-Asia. An annual herb of easy growth in wet localities, 

 requiring less attention in weeding and otherwise than the Jute- 

 plant. The crop for fibre ripens in about five months. Regarded 

 by Baker as a variety of S. aculeata, in which case S. cannabina 

 would claim the right of priority for its specific name. 



Sesbania grandiflora, Persoon. 



North-Western Australia to the verge of the tropics, Indian Archi- 

 pelagus. A tree up to 40 feet in height. Called in Australia the 

 Corkwood-tree ; valuable for various utilitarian purposes. The red- 

 flowered variety is grandly ornamental. Tne fruit attains occasion- 

 ally a length of three feet. Dr. Roxburgh recommends the leaves 

 and young pods as an exquisite spinage. The plant is shy of frost. 

 It thrives best at the edge of permanent water. It grew at Port 

 Curtis 12 feet in a year fEdgar]. 



Seseli Harveyanum, F. v. Mueller. 



Australian Alps. A perennial herb. Fruits locally used as 

 condiment. [J. H. Maiden]. 



Sesleria coerulea, Arduino.* 



Many parts of Europe, but not in the far northern regions, though 

 in Scotland ascending to 2,500 feet. Of this perennial grass 

 Langethal observes, that it is for dry and loose limestone what 

 Elymus arenarius is for loose sand. It stands depasturing by sheep 

 well, and is one of the earliest grasses of the season. 



Sesuvium Portulacastrum, Linne". 



All round the globe on the shores of tropical and sub-tropical 

 countries, occurring naturally as far south as Port Jackson. A 

 perennial creeping herb, fit to fix the sandy silt on the edges of sea- 

 coasts. 



Shepherdia argentea, Nuttall. 



The Buffalo-Berry. From the Missouri to Hudson's Bay. This 

 bush bears red, acidulous, edible berries. 



