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Canna Achiras, Grillies. 
Mendoza. One of tlie few extra-tropic Gannas, eligible for 
Arrow-root culture. 
Canna coccinea, Eoscoe. 
West India. Yields with some other Gannas the particular 
Arrow-root, called “ Tous les mois.” 
Canna edulis, Edwards. 
The Adeira of Peru. One of the hardiest of Arrow-root 
plants, and thus well adapted for our clime. Seeds, even if 
many years old, will germinate. This species has yielded 
excellent starch at Melbourne. Western Port, Lake Welling- 
ton, Ballarat and other localities, from plants supplied at 
the Botanic Glarden. The Eev. Mr. Hagenauer, of the 
Gipps Land Aboriginal Mission station, obtained 220 lbs. of 
Arrow-root from one-eighth of an acre of this Ganna. The 
gathering of the roots is effected about April. The plants 
can be set out in ordinary ploughed land. Gaptain James 
Hall, of Hastings, prepared also largely the starch from this 
root. Starch grains remarkably large. 
Canna flaccida, Eoscoe. 
Garolina. Probably also available for Arrow-root, though in 
first instance like many congeners chosen only for orna- 
mental culture. 
Canna glanca, Linne. 
One of the West Indian Arrow-root Gannas. 
Cannabis sativa, E.* 
The Hemp-plant ; indigenous to various parts of Asia, as far 
west as Turkey and as far east as Japan. Gultivated for 
its fibre since ancient times. Particularly in hot climes it 
exudes the “ Ghurras,” a resinous substance of narcotic 
intoxicating property. The foliage contains also a volatile 
oil, which the seeds yield by pressure — the well-known fixed 
Hemp-oil. The staminiferous plant is pulled for obtaining 
the fibre in its best state immediately after flowering ; the 
seeding plant is gathered for fibre at a later stage of growth. 
Good soil, well drained, never absolutely dry, is needed for 
