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30. Var. Gaillet Houge. 
Figanier. Small tree. Fruit large, red. Oil good and 
produced in quantity. 
31. Var. Caillet Blanche. 
Fruit almost wFite, produced annually and copiously, yield- 
ing a rather superior oil. 
32. Var. Raymet. 
Fruit large, reddish. Oil copious and fine. This variety 
prefers flat country. 
33. Var. Cotignac. 
Pardigniere. Fruit middle-sized, blunt. Oil obtained in 
quantity and of excellent quality. This wants much pruning. 
31. Var. Bermillaon. 
Vermilion. 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. 
Oiiobrychis sativa, La March.* 
The Sanfoin or Cocts-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 Fiver. 
Ophelia Chirata, Grisebach. {Agathotes Chirata, D. Don.) 
Widely dispersed over the higher mountain regions of India. 
A perennial herb, considered as one of the best of tonics ; 
it possesses also febrifugal and antarthritic properties. Its 
administration in the form of an infusion, prepared with 
cold water, is the best. Besides O. elegans, Wight., some of 
the other Dpper Indian, Chinese and Japanese species 
deserve probaly equal attention. 
Opuntia coccinellifera, Miller. 
Mexico and West India. The Cochineal Cactus. On this 
and O. Tuna, 0. Hernaiidezii and perhaps a few others 
subsists the Coccus, which offers the costly Cochineal dve. 
Three gatherings can be effected in the year. About 1200 
