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scarlet large fruitlets may occur in a cluster, and each of them may 

 contain as many as ten or eleven seeds [Ch. Fawcett], The fruit is 

 almost alike to that of S. nobilis in size and colour. 



Sterculia urens, Roxburgh. 



India, extending to the north-western provinces, to Assam and 

 Ceylon. A tree with deciduous foliage ; likes dry, rocky, hilly 

 situations. This and S. urceolata (Smith), from the Moluccas and 

 Sunda-Islands, produce edible seeds, and may prove hardy in mild 

 extra-tropical regions. The same may be said of S. foetida (Linne), 

 which extends from India to tropical Africa and North Australia. 



Stilbocarpa polaris, Decaisne and Planchon. 



Auckland's and Campbell's Islands, also in the southern extremity 

 of New Zealand and in Macquarie's Island, luxuriating in the frigid 

 zone and in exposed boisterous localities. An herbaceous plant with 

 long roots, which are saccharine, and served some wrecked people 

 for a lengthened period as sustenance. The plant is recommended 

 here for further attention, as it may prove through culture a valuable 

 addition to the stock of culinary vegetables of cold countries. 

 Herbage liked by some pasture-animals. 



Stillingia silvatica, Garden. 



The Yaw-Shrub. Southern States of North-America. The root 

 extensively utilised there for its emetic and purgative properties. 



Stipa aristiglmnis, F. v. Mueller. 



South-Eastern Australia, in the dry inland-regions. Graziers 

 consider this perennial grass as very fattening and as yielding a 

 large quantity of feed. Its celerity of growth is such that, when 

 it springs up, it will grow at the rate of 6 inches in a fortnight. 

 Horses, cattle, and sheep are extremely fond of it. It ripens seeds 

 in little more than two months, should the season be favorable. 



Stipa Jarava, Beauvois. (8. Ichu, Kunth.) 



Peru, in the cooler regions. Mentioned specially as a good 

 pasture-grass there by Prof. J. A. de los Rios. 



Stipa setig-era, Presl. 



From Oregon, California, and Texas to Western South-America. 

 Prof. Brewer pronounces this the most common and one of the best 

 bunch-grasses of California. 



Stipa tenacissima, Linnet* (Macrochloa tenacissima, Kunth.) 



The Esparto or Atocha, called also Alfa. Spain, Portugal, 



< Greece, North-Africa, ascending the Sierra Nevada to 4,000 feet, 



common also on the arid plateau of Algeria. This grass has 



