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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



28. Yar. ruhicans, Kos. 



E-oiigette. Putamen small. Yield annual and large. 



29. Yar. alhaj Ros. 



Olive blanche, Blancane, Yierge. This with many others 

 omitted on this occasion is an inferior variety. 



30. Yar. Caillet Rouge. 



Figanier. Small tree. Fruit large, red. Oil good and pro- 

 duced in quantity. 



31. Yar. Caillet Blanche. 



Fruit almost white, produced annually and copiously, yielding 

 a rather superior oil. 



32. Yar. Eaymet. 



Fruit large, reddish. Oil copious and fine. This variety 

 prefers flat country. 



33. Yar. Cotignac. 



Pardigniere. Fruit middle-sized, blunt. Oil obtained in 

 quantity and of excellent quality. This wants much priming. 



34. Yar. Bermillaon. 



Yermillon. Yields also table-oil and resists cold well. 



Many other apparently desirable varieties occur, among which 

 the Italian Oliva d'ogni mese may be mentioned, which 

 ripens fruits several times in the year, and furnishes a 

 pleasant oil and also berries for preserves. 



Onobrychis sativa, Lamarck.* 



The Saintfoin, or Esparsette, or Cocks-head Plant. South 

 and Middle Europe, Middle Asia. A deep-rooting perennial 

 fodder-herb, fond of marly soil, and living in dry localities. 

 It is thus well adapted also for the limestone formation of 

 the lower Murray Hiver. It prepares dry calcareous soil 

 also for cereal culture. Stagnant underground humidity is 

 fatal to this plant. It prospers still where Ped Clover and 

 Lucerne no longer succeed. Sheep caimot so well be tui^ned 

 out on young Saintfoin fields as cattle. The hay is superior 

 even to that of Lucerne and Clover. The plant will hold 

 out from five to seven years (Langethal). 



Ophelia Chirata, Grisebach. {Agathotes CJdrata, D. Don). 

 Widely dispersed over the higher mountain-regions of India. 

 A peremiial herb, considered as one of the best of tonics; it 

 possesses also febrifugal and antarthritic properties. Its ad- 

 ministration in the form of an infusion, prepared with cold 

 water, is the best. Besides O. elegans (Wight) some of the 

 other Upper Indian, Chinese and Japanese species deserve 

 probably equal attention. Hanbury and Fliickiger mention 

 as Chiratas or Chirettas of Indian bazaars: 0. angustifolia 

 (D. Don), 0. densiflora (Grisebach), 0. elegans (Wight) and 



