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SELECT PLANTS. 
Cocos regia, Liebmann. 
Mexico, up to 2500 feet. A palm of enormous height, almost 
sure to prove hardy here. 
Cocos Yatay, Martius.* 
Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay and Argentina. Forms mainly, 
with C. Australis and C. Datil, distinct forests (Drude). The 
last mentioned bears date-like fruits, according to Dr. Lorentz. 
Conospermum Stoechadis, Endlicher. 
West Australia. The question has arisen, whether this shrub, with 
C. trip line rvium (R. Brown) ought not to be introduced into our 
worst desert-country. All kinds of pasture animals browse with 
avidity on the long, tender and downy flower-stalks and spikes 
without touching the foliage, thus not destroying the plant by 
close cropping. 
Cyamopsis psoraloides, Candolle. 
South Asia. This annual is mentioned by Dr. Forbes Watson 
among the plants, which furnish all the year green table-beans to 
a portion of the population of India. 
Dalbergia nigra, Allemao. 
Brazil, down to the southern provinces. A tall tree, likely to 
prove hardy in our warmer and lower regions. It yields 
a portion of the Jacaranda or Palisander-wood, also Caviuna- 
wood, which for rich furniture have come into European use. 
Several Brazilian species of Mackaerium afford, according to 
Saldanha da Gama, a similar precious wood, also timber for water- 
works and railway sleepers. 
Danthonia bipartita, E. v. Mueller. 
From the interior of New South Wales and Queensland to West 
Australia. Available as a tender-leaved and productive perennial 
grass for any desert regions. 
Danthonia robusta, E. v. Mueller. 
Australian Alps. Forms large patches of rich forage at the very 
edge of glaciers. The tall D. rigida (Raoul) of New Zealand is 
closely allied. 
Dicksonia Billardieril, F. v . Mueller. (D. antartica, 
Ldbillardiere.) 
South-east Australia, New Zealand. This tree-fern is mentioned 
here, as it is the very best for distant transmissions and endures 
some frost. It attains a height of 40 feet. Important also as 
commercial plants are Cyathea medullaris, of South-east 
