38 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Caesalpinia Sappan, Linne. 



South Asia. The wood fnnishes red dye. This shrub can 

 also be utilised for hedges. It would likely prove hardy here 

 in places free of frost. 



Caesalpinia sepiaria, Koxburgh. 



South Asia, east to Japan. Can be utilized in the warmer 

 tracts of our colony as a hedge-bush. It can advantageously 

 be mixed for hedge-growth with Pterolohium lacerans 

 (R. Br.), according to Dr. Cleghorn. 



Caesalpinia tinctoria, Humboldt. 

 Chili. The bark yields a red dye. 



Cajanus Indicus, Candolle. 



The Catjang; in Assam, called Gelooa-mah. A shmbby 

 plant of India and tropical Africa, probably available for 

 profitable culture and naturalization in the warmer parts of 

 our colony. It sustains itself on dry ground, and yields the 

 pulse known as Dhal, Urhur and Congo-pea. The plant 

 lasts for about three years. Attains a height of 15 feet, and 

 has yielded in the richest soil of Egypt 4000 lbs. of peas to 

 the acre. A crop is already obtained in the first year. The 

 seeds can be used as peas in the gi^een as well as mature 

 state. Several species of Cajanus of the Atylosia section, 

 indigenous to the warmer parts of Australia, might be tested 

 here for the sake of the economic value of their seeds. The 

 insect, active in the formation of Lac, lives extensively on the 

 Cajanus, according to Mr. T. D. Brewster, of Assam. 

 Silkworms live also on it. 



Calamagrostis longifolia, Hooker. 



North America. Excellent for fixing drift-sand. 



Calamintha Nepeta, Hoff'mansegg. 



It is of the strongest odour among several species, but not of 

 so pleasant a scent as C. incana (Boiss.) and C. grandiflora 

 (Moench). 



Calamintha officinalis, Moench. 



Middle and South Europe and Middle Asia, North Africa, 

 A perennial herb, used like melissa as a condiment. 



Calamus montanus, T. Anderson. 



Himalaya, to 6000 feet. A hardy climbing palm. The 

 aged canes are naked. " The light but strong susjoension- 

 bridges, by which the large rivers of Sikkim are crossed, are 

 constructed of this palm. It supplies material for the 

 strongest ropes for dragging logs of wood from the forests. 

 The most durable baskets and the cane-work of chairs are 

 manufactured from the slit stems. "Walking-sticks and 



