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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Torreya Calif ornica, Torrey. {T. myristica, Hooker.) 

 In California. Tree eighty feet high. 



Torreya grandis, Fortune. 



China. A tree sixty feet high, with an umbrella-shaped 

 crown ; it produces good timber. 



Torreya nucifera, S. and Z. {Caryotaxus nudfera, Zuc- 

 carini.) 



Japan. Height of tree about thirty feet. From the nuts 

 the Japanese press an oil, used as an article of food. 



Torreya taxifolia, Ai-nott. 



Florida. A tree fifty feet in height, with a firm, close- 

 grained, durable wood of a reddish colour. 



Touchardia latifolia, Caudichaud. 



In the Hawaian Islands. A shrub allied to Boehmeria nivea, 

 yielding a tough and easily separable fibre, as first shown by 

 Dr. Hillebrand. Probably best adapted for our ferntree- 

 gullies. 



Tragopogon porrifolius, Linne. 



The Salsify. Middle and Southern Europe, Middle Asia. 

 Biennial. The root of this herb is well known as a useful 

 culinary vegetable. 



Trapa bicornis, Linne fil.* 



The Leng or Ling or Links of China. The nuts of this 

 water-plant are extensively brought to market in that 

 country. The horns of the fruit are blunt. The kernel, 

 like that of the two foUo^ving species, is of excellent taste. 

 The plant is regularly cultivated in lakes and ponds of 

 China. 



Trapa bispinosa, Roxburgh.* 



Middle and South Asia, extending to Ceylon and Japan; 

 found also in Africa as far south as the Zambesi. Here in 

 our culture it lasts through several years. In some countries, 

 for instance in Cashmere, the nuts form an important staple 

 of food to the population. To this species probably belong 

 T. Cochin-cliinensis (Lour.) and T. incisa (Sieb. and Zucc.) 



Trapa natans, Linne. 



The ordinary Waternut. Middle and South Europe, Middle 

 Asia, North and Central Africa. Recorded as an annual. 

 T. quadrispinosa (Roxb.), from Sylhet, is an allied plant. 



Trifolium agrarium, Linne. 



The perennial Yellow Clover or Hop-Clover. All Europe, 

 Western Asia. Of considerable value in sandy soil as a 

 fodder-herb. It is easily naturalised. 



