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conservatories, and among these may specially be mentioned 

 Cannamois ceplialotes (Beanv). 

 Eleusine Coracana, Gaertner. 



Southern Asia, east to J apan. Though annual, this grass is 

 worthy of cultivation on account of its height and nutritive- 

 ness. The laro-e orrains can be used like Millet. E. Indica 



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(Graertner) only differs as a variety. It extends to tropical 

 Australia and is recorded also from many other tropical coun- 

 tries. 



Eleusine stricta, Roxburgh. 



India. The increase of grain of this annual grass in rich 

 soil is at times five-hundredfold. E. Tocusso, Fresenius, is a 

 valuable kind from Abyssinia, seemingly allied to E. stricta. 

 The Arabian and Himalaian E. flagellifera, Nees, is peren- 

 nial. Other species of Eleusine are deserving of trial. 



Elymus arenarius, Linne.* 



The Sea Lyme-Grass. Europe and North Asia, on sand- 

 coasts. One of the most important and vigorous of grasses 

 for binding drift-sand on the sea-shores. The North Ameri- 

 can E. mollis, Trinius, is allied to this species. 



Elymus condensatus, Presl. 



The Bunch-Grass of British Columbia and California. This 

 is favourably known as adapted for sandland. 



Embothrium coccineum, R. and G. Forster. 



From Chili to Magellan's Straits. The Notra or Ciruelillo 

 of Chili. A tree of exquisite beauty, but seldom extending 

 to beyond 30 feet in height. The wood is utilised for 

 furniture. E. lanceolatum is merely a variety (Dr. Philippi). 

 The equally gorgeous E. emarginatum of the Peruvian 

 Andes and E. Wickhami from Mount Bellenden-Ker of 

 North Queensland deserve, with the East Australian allied 

 Stenocarpus sinuatus, a place in any sheltered gardens or parks 

 of the warm temperate zone. 



Encephalartos Denisonii, F. v. Mueller. 



New South Wales and Queensland. This noble Pine-Palm 

 is hardy here, and to be regarded as a most desirable 

 acquisition to our garden sceneries, along with E. spiralis, E. 

 Preissii and the South African species. All admit of 

 translocation even when of large size and when many years 

 old. The stems, with an unusual tenacity of life, remain 

 sometimes dormant after removal for several years. 



Engelhardtia spicata, Blume. 



The spurious Walnut-tree of the mountains of Java and the 

 Himalayas. It reaches a height of 200 feet. 



