74 SELECT PLANTS EEADILY ELIGIBLE 



Dracocephalum Moldavica, Liime. 



North and Middle Asia. An annual showy scent-herb. 



Drimys Winteri, E. and G. Forster. 



Extra-tropical South America. The Canelo of Chili, sacred 

 under the name of Boighe to the original inhabitants. 

 Attains in river- valleys a height of 60 feet. The wood 

 never attacked by insects (Dr. Philippi) ; thus the Australian 

 species may be equally valuable. 



Ecballion Elaterium, Richard. 



Mediterranean regions and Orient. The Squirting Cucumber. 

 An annual. The powerful purgative Elaterium is j^repared 

 from the pulp of the fruit. Chemical principles: Elaterid, 

 Elaterin, Hydroelaterin. 



Ehrharta Diplax, F. v. Mueller. {Ificrolcena avenacea, J. 

 Hooker. 



New Zealand. This tall perennial grass is fond of wood- 

 lands, and deserves introduction. It is likely to prove a rich 

 pasture-grass. A few other Australian species, particularly 

 of the section Tetrarrhena, are readily accessible to us, and 

 so indeed also the South African Ehrhartas, all adapted for 

 our clime, the majority j^erennial, and several of superior 

 value. Ehrharta caudata, Munro, is indigenous in Japan. 

 Ehrharta stipoides, La Billardiere. 



Extra-tropic Australia, also New Zealand. A perennial 

 grass, which keeps beautifully green all through the year. 

 For this reason its growth for pasturage should be en- 

 couraged, particularly as it Avill live on poor soil. Mr. 

 W. H. Bacchus, of Ballarai, considers it nearly as valuable 

 as Kangaroo-Grass, and in the cool season more so. He 

 finds it to bear over-stocking better than any other native 

 grass, and to maintain a close turf. It is however not always 

 copiously seeding. 



Elaeagnus parvifolius, Boyle. 



From China to the Himalayas. This bush has been intro- 

 duced as a hedge-plant into North America, and, according 

 to Mr. Meehan, promises great permanent success, as it 

 achieved already a high popularity in this respect. Several 

 other species might well be experimented on in the same 

 manner. 



Elegia nuda, Kunth. 



South Africa, A rush, able with its long root to bind 

 moving sand ; it also affords good material for thatching 

 (Dr. Pappe). Many of the tall Bestiacese of South Africa 

 would prove valuable for scenic effect in the gardens and 



