SELECT PLANTS 



READILY ELIGIBLE FOR 



YICTORIAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE, 



WITH INDICATIONS OF THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES 

 AND SOME OF THEIR USES. 



AN ENUMERATION OFFERED BY 



BARON FEED. VON MUELLER, 



C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., &c. 



Aberia Caffra, Hooker. 



The Kai- Apple of Natal and Caffraria. This tall shrub 

 serves for hedges. The rather large fruits are edible, and can 

 be converted into preserves. Allied South African sjDecies 

 are A. Zeyheri and A. tristis (Sender). 



Acacia acuminata, Bentham. 



A kind of Myall from Western Australia, attaining a height 

 of forty feet. 



Acacia Arabica, Willdenow. 



North and Central Africa, also in South- West Asia, growing 

 in dry calcareous soil. This small tree can be utilised for 

 thorny hedges, as also A, Seyal (Delile) and A. tortilis 

 (Forskael). They all furnish the best Gum Arabic for medi- 

 cinal and technical purposes. The Lac-insect lives also on 

 the foliage, and thus in Sind the Lac is mainly yielded by 

 this tree. The stem attains a circumference of ten feet. The 

 astringent pods are valuable for tanning; the wood, known 

 as "Sunt," is esteemed for planks of boats. A. gummifera 

 (Willd.) and A. Ehrenbergiana (Hayne) are among the 

 species, and yield Gum Arabic in North Africa. 



Acacia Cavenia, Hooker and Arnott. 



The Espino of the present inhabitants of Chili, the Cavan of 

 the former population. A small tree with exceedingly hard 

 wood, resisting underground moisture. The plant is well 

 adapted for hedges. The pods, called Quirinca, serve as cattle 

 food (Dr. Philippi). 



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