84: SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Eugenia supra-axillaris, Spring. 



Tlie Tata of South Brazil. Fruit large. 



Eugenia Zeyheri, Harvey. 



South Africa. A tree attaining 20 feet in height. The- 

 berries are of cherry size and edible. The relative value of 

 the fruits of many Asiatic, African and American species of 

 Eugenia remains to be ascertained ; many of them furnish 

 doubtless good timber, and all more or less essential oil;, 

 some j)rohably also superior fruit. All such, even tropical 

 trees, should be tested in East Gipps Land and other warm 

 tracts of our colony, inasmuch as many of them endure a 

 cooler clime than is generally supposed. Hence Anona 

 muricata, L., the Soursop bush of West India, should also 

 be subjected to test culture for the yield of its sweet fragrant 

 melon-like fruit, and not less so Anona squamosa, L., the 

 Sweetsop shrub or tree of Central America, for the sake of 

 its very pleasant fruit. 



Eupatorium triplinerve, Yahl. (E. Ayapana, Yentenat.) 

 Central America. A perennial somewhat shrubby herb, 

 possibly hardy in the warmer parts of our colony. It is 

 used as a medicinal plant, also as an alexipharmic. It con- 

 tains Eupatorin and much essential oil, peculiar to the plant. 



Euryale ferox, Salisbury. 



From tropical Asia to Japan. Though less magnificent than 

 the grand Victoria Regia, this closely allied Waterlily is 

 much more hardy, and would live unpi-otected in ponds and 

 lakes of our colony. Though not strictly an industrial plant, 

 it is not without utility, and undergoes some sort of cultiva- 

 tion in China for yielding its edible roots and seeds. 



Euryangium Sumbul, Kaufmann. 



Central Asia. Yields the true Sumbul-root. 



Excaecaria sebifera, J. M. {Stillingia sehifera, Michaux.) 

 The Tallow-tree of China and Japan. The fatty coating of 

 the seeds yields the vegetable tallow. The wood is so hard 

 and dense as to be used for printing blocks ; the leaves furnish 

 a black dye. The tree endures the night-frosts of our open 

 lowlands, though its foliage sufiers. 



Fagopyrum cymosum, Meissner. 



The perennial Buck- Wheat or rather Beech- Wheat of the 

 Indian and Chinese highlands. Can be used with other species 

 for spinach and for obtaining from the leaves a blue dye. 



Fagopyrum emarginatum, Babington. 



Chinese and Himalayan Mountains, where it is cultivated for 

 its seeds. Annual. 



