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for silkworms. European fabrics have largely super- 
seded the clothing made of this plant in the South Sea 
Islands. 
Caesalpinia Gilliesii, Wallich. {Poindana GilUesU, Hooker.) 
La Plata States. This beautiful hardy bush can be utilized 
for hedges. 
Cajanus Indicus, Candolle. 
The Catjang ; in Assam, called Grelooa-mah. A shrubby 
plant of India, probably available for profitable culture and 
naturalization in the warmer parts of our Colony. It sus- 
tains itself on dry ground, and yields the pulse known as 
Dhal, Urhur and Congo-pea. The plant lasts for about 
three years. Several species of Cajanus of the Atylosia 
section, indigenous to the warmer parts of Australia, might 
bo tested here for the sake of the economic value of their 
seeds. The insect, active in the formation of lac, lives 
extensively on the Cajanus, according to Mr. T. D. Brewster 
of Assam. Silkworms live also on it. 
Calamus montanus, T. i>nderson. 
Himalaya, up to 6000 feet. A hardy climbing palm. The 
aged canes are naked. “ The light but strong suspension- 
bridges, by which the large rivers of Sikkim are crossed, are 
constructed of this palm. It supplies material for the 
strongest ropes for dragging logs of wood from the forests. 
The most durable baskets and the cane-work of chairs are 
manufactured from the slit stems. Walking-sticks and 
riding-canes made of this species are exported from Sikkim 
in considerable quantity.” Many other Calami serve similar 
purposes, but probably few or perhaps none are equally 
hardy. 
Camelina sativa, Crantz. 
Middle and South Europe, temperate Asia. An annual 
herb, cultivated for the sake of its fibre and the oil of its 
seeds. It is readily grown after corn crops, yields richly 
even on poor soil and is not attacked by aphis. Mr. W. 
Taylor obtained 32 bushels of seeds from an acre, and from 
these 540 lbs. of oil. The return is within a few months. 
