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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



pulp and that of allied species. Numerous other species are 

 here industrially eligible for hedging purposes. 



Oreodoxa regia, Humboldt. 



West India. This noble Palm attains a height of sixty feet. 

 It has proved hardy in Southern Brazil, and would probabljr 

 endure our clime. The stem is thickened at the middle, and 

 from it, like from the much taller O. oleracea (Martins), starch 

 can be obtained. 



Origanum DictamnuSj Linne. 



Candia. Like the following a scent-plant of somewhat 

 shrubby gi'owth. 



Origanum Majorana, Linne. 



North Africa, Middle Asia, Arabia. A perennial herb, used 

 for condiment, also for the distillation of its essential oil. 



Origanum Maru, Linne. 



Palestine. Perennial and very odorous. 



Origanum Onites, Linne. 



Countries at the Mediterranean Sea. Somewhat shrubby 

 and strongly-scented. 



Origanum vulgare, Linne. 



The ordinary Marjoram. All Europe, North Africa, North 

 and Middle Asia. A scented herb of perennial growth, con- 

 taining a peculiar volatile oil. It prefers limestone soil. O. 

 hirtum (Link.), O. virens (Hoffmannsegg) and O. normale 

 (D. Don) are closely-allied plants of similar use. Several 

 other Marjorams, chiefly Mediterranean, are of value. 



Ornitliopus sativus, Brotero. 



South Europe and North Africa. The Seratella or Serra- 

 della. An annual heib, larger than the ordinary Bii'dsfoot- 

 clover. It is valuable as a fodder-plant on sterile soil. It 

 requires, like the smaller O. perpusillus, no lime, but improves 

 in growth on gypsum land, of which there is much in the 

 MiuTay desert. 



Oryza sativa, Linne. 



The Rice-plant. South Asia and North Australia. Annual 

 like most cereals. The many rivulets in our ranges afibrd 

 ample opportunities for irrigating Bice-fields : but these can 

 be formed with full advantage only in the warmer parts of 

 the colony, where rice will ripen as well as in Italy, China, 

 or the Southern States of the American Union. Among the 

 numerous varieties of Indian Bice may be noted as prominent 

 sorts : The Early Bice, which ripens in four months and is 

 not injured by saline inundations. The hardier Mountain 

 Bice, which can be raised on comparatively dry ground, and 



