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Gucnrbita moschata, Duchesne. 



The Musky Gourd. Doubtless also from the Orient. 



Cucurbita Pepo, Linne. 



The Pumpkin and Vegetable Marrow. Countries on the Caspian 

 Sea. Its naturalisation in the desert would be a boon. The 

 seeds on pressure yield a fixed oil ; they are also anthelminthic. 

 C. melanospermaj A. Braun^ is not edible. 



Cudrania Javensis, Trecul. 



New South Wales and Queensland^ South and East Asia to 

 Japan, East Africa. This climbing thorny shrub can be utilised 

 for hedges. Fruit edible, of pleasant taste ; the root furnishes 

 a yellow dye. 



Cnminnm Cymimum, Linne. 



North Africa. The fruits of this annual herb are known as 

 Cumin and used for certain condiments, as also in medicine. 

 Cuminum Hispanicum, Merat, is similar. Essential oil 

 peculiar. ^ 



Cupressus Benthami, Endlicher. 



Mexico, at 5,000 to 7,000 feet. A beautiful tree 60 feet high. 

 The wood is fine-grained and exceedingly durable. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana, Murray. {Chameecyparis Lawsoniana, 

 Pari.) 



Northern California. This is a splendid red-flowered Cypress, 

 growing 100 feet high, with a stem of 2 feet in diameter, and 

 furnishes a valuable timber for building purposes, being clear 

 and easily worked, 



Cupressus Lindleyi, Klotzsch. 



On the mountains of Mexico. A stately Cypress up to 120 

 feet high. It supplies an excellent timber. 



Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartweg. {C. Zamberiiana,. Gordon.) 



California, from Monterey to Noyo, in the granite as well as 

 sandstone formation ; sometimes in Sphagnum-moors. This 

 beautiful and shady tree attains the height of 150 feet, 

 with a stem of 9 feet in circumference, and is one of the 

 quickest growing of all conifers, even in poor, dry soil." One 

 of the best shelter trees on sea-sands, naturally following the 

 coast-line, never extending many miles from the shore, and 



