SELECT PLANTS. 
211 
Solanum betaceum, Cavanilles. ( Cyphomcindra betacea, 
Sendtner.) 
Central America. This shrub is cultivated as far south as Buenos 
Ayres and Yalpariso, also on the Mediterranean Sea, for the sake 
of its tomato-like berries. 
Sterculia Carthagenensis, Cavanilles. (S. Chicka, 
St. Hilaire.) 
South Brazil. This and some other South American species 
furnish seeds of almond-like taste. 
Sterculia monosperma, Ventenat. (& nobilis , E. 
Brown.) 
China. A middle-sized spreading tree. The large seeds can be 
used as chestnuts in a roasted state. 
Sterculia quadrifida, E. Brown. 
Eastern and Northern Australia. This tree might be tried in rich 
and humid forest regions. It is the “ Calool ” of the natives. 
The black seeds are of a filbert taste, like those of some other 
Sterculiae. As many as 11 of the brilliant scarlet fruits may be 
in a cluster, and each of them may contain up to 10 or 11 seeds. 
Sterculia urceolata, Smith. 
Moluccas. Possibly hardy here. Seeds edible. 
Sterculia urens, Eoxburgh. 
Coromandel. Seeds edible. 
Stipa aristiglumis, E. v. Mueller. 
South-east Australia. Graziers consider this perennial grass as 
very fattening and yielding a large quantity of feed. Its celerity 
of growth is such, that when it springs up, it will grow at the rate 
of six inches in a fortnight. Horses, cattle and sheep are 
extremely fond of it. It ripens seeds in little more than two 
months in favorable seasons. 
Talinum patens, Willdenow. (T. paniculatum, Gaertner.) 
Prom Mexico to Argentina. A perennial succulent herb, which 
might easily be naturalised on coast rocks. It furnishes the 
“ Puchero 55 vegetable. 
Terminalia Buceras, J. Hooker. (Bucida Buceras f 
Linne.) 
From the Antilles to Brazil. One of the Mangrove trees, thus 
o 2 
