TO PRINCIPAL TIMBER TREES, ETC. 
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Cistus creticus, LinnA 
Countries at the Mediterranean Sea. This shrub, with C. 
cyprius (Lam.), furnishes the best Ladanum resin. Other species 
yield a less fragrant product. 
Combretum butyraceum, Caruel. 
The Butter tree of Caffraria and other parts of South-East Africa. 
The Cafidrs call the fatty substance obtained from this tree 
Chiquito. It is largely used by them as an admixture to their 
food, and exported also. It contains about one quarter Olein 
and three quarters Margarin. This butterlike fat is extracted 
from the fruit, and is of an aromatic flavour. The tree should 
be hardy in the warmer and milder parts of Victoria. 
Cordyline Ti, Schott. A 
China. The roots in a roasted state are edible. The leaves, like 
those of other species, can be utilized for textile fibre. 
Crambe cordifolia, Steven. 
From Persia and the Caucasus to Thibet and the Himalayas up 
to 14,000 feet. The root and foliage of this Kale affords an 
esculent. C. Kotschyana (Boiss.) is an allied plant. 
Crataegus Azarolus, LinnS. 
Welsh Medlar. South Europe and South-West Asia. The 
pleasantly acidulous fruits are much used for preserves. 
Crocus serotinus, Salisbury. (C. odorus, Bivona). 
South Europe. Also this species produces Saffron rich in pig- 
ment. The bulbs of several are edible. 
Cudrania Javensis, Trecul. 
New South Wales and Queensland, South and East Asia to Japan, 
East Africa. This climbing thorny shrub can be utilized for 
hedges. Fruit edible, of pleasant taste; the root furnishes a 
yellow dye. 
Cymopterus glomeratus, Candolle. 
Western States of North America. Root edible (Dr. Rosenthal). 
Cynodon Dactylon, Persoon.* 
Widely dispersed over the warmer parts of the globe, thus as 
indigenous reaching the northern parts of our colony. An 
important grass for covering bare barren land, or binding drift 
sand, or keeping together the soil of abrupt declivities, or con- 
solidating earth-banks against floods. It is not without value 
as a pasture-grass, resists extreme drought, and may become of 
great importance to many desert tracts. The dispersion is best 
