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30. Var. Caillet Rouge. 



Figanier. Small tree. Fruit large, red. Oil good and 

 produced in quantity. 



31. Yar. Caillet Blanche. 



Fruit almost white, produced annually and copiously, yield- 

 ing a rather superior oil. 



32. Yar. Raymet. 



Fruit large, reddish. Oil copious and fine. This variety 

 prefers flat country. 



33. Yar. Cotignac. 



Pardigniere. Fruit middle-sized, blunt. Oil obtained in 

 quantity and of excellent quality. This wants much pruniug. 



34. Yar. Bermillaon. 



Yermillon. Yields also table-oil and resists cold well. 



Many other apparently desirable varieties occur, among which 

 the Italian Oliva d'ogni mese may be mentioned, which 

 ripens fruits several times in the year, and furnishes a 

 pleasant oil and also berries for preserves. 



Onobrychis sativa, La Marck.* 



The Sanfoin or Cocks-head Plant. South and Middle 

 Europe, Middle Asia. A deep-rooting perennial fodder- 

 herb, fond of marly soil, and living in dry localities. It is 

 thus well adapted also for the limestone formation of the 

 lower Murray River. 



Ophelia Chirata, Grisebach. {Agatlwtes Chirata, D. Don.) 



Widely dispersed over the higher mountain regions of India. 

 A perennial herb, considered as one of the best of tonics ; 

 it possesses also febrifugal and antarthritic properties. Its 

 administration in the form of an infusion, prepared with 

 cold water, is the best. Besides 0. elegans, Wight., some of 

 the other Upper Indian, Chinese and Japanese species 

 deserve probaly equal attention. 



Opuntia coccinellifera, Miller. 



Mexico and West India. The Cochineal Cactus. On this 

 and O. Tuna, 0. Hernandezii and perhaps a few others 

 subsists the Coccus, which offers the costly Cochineal dye. 

 Three gatherings can be effected in the year. About 1200 



