26 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Andropogon schoenauthus, Linne. 



South Asia and Tropical Australia. A scented grass, allied to 

 the Indian oil-yielding Andropogons. The medicinal Siri oil is 

 prepared from the root. A similar species occurs in arid places 

 of the interior of North Australia. 



Andropogon sericeus, R. Brown. 



Hotter regions of Australia, even in desert tracts, also extend- 

 ing to New Caledonia and the Philippine Islands. A fattening 

 perennial pasture-grass, worthy of praise. 



Andropogon Sorghum, Brotero.* [Sorghum vulgare, Persoon.) 



The large Indian Millet or Guinea-Corn, or the Durra. 

 "Warmer parts of Asia. A tall annual plant. The grains can be 

 converted into bread, porridge, and other preparations of food. 

 It is a very prolific corn — Sir John Hearsay counted 12,700 

 seeds on one plant — and particularly valuable for green fodder.^ 

 The panicles are used for carpet-brooms, the fibrous roots for 

 velvet-brushes. A kind of beer called " Merisa " is prepared 

 from the seed. Many others of the numerous species of 

 Andropogon, from both hemispheres, deserve our attention. 



Anemone Pulsatilla, Linnd. 



Europe and Northern Asia. On limestone soil. This pretty 

 perennial herb is of some medicinal importance. 



Angophora intermedia, Candolle. 



South-East Australia. This is one of the best of the Ango- 

 phoras, attaining a height of 50 feet, and growing with the 

 rapidity of a Eucalyptus, but being more close and shady in 

 its fohage. It would be one of our best trees to line public 

 roads and to effect shelter-plantations. 



Angophora subvelutina, F. v. Mueller. 



Queensland and New South Wales,. The tallest of the 

 species; attains a height of 100 feet. The wood is light 

 and tough, soft while green, very hard when dry, used for 

 wheel-naves, bullock-yokes, handles, &c. ; it burns well and 

 contains a large proportion of potash (Hartmann). According 

 to Messrs. Bailey and Kirton, as much as two gallons of liquid 

 kino can sometimes be obtained from a single tree of Ango- 

 phora laneeolata. 



Anona Cherimolia, Miller. 



Tropical and Sub-tropical South America. This shrub or tree 



