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USES, &c.—As Food-producing Plants: — Pea (. Pisum ), Bean (Ficrn Faba), Lentil ( Ervum lens), 
French beans or Haricots (. Phaseolus vulgaris), Scarlet-runner (P. coccineus ), Ground-nut (Arac/m), Gram or Chick 
Pea ( Cicer), Lablab ( Dolichos ), and others. 
As Fodder :—Clover ( Trifolium ), Lucerne (Medicago), Sainfoin ( Onobrychis ), Vetch (Ficm sativa), Lupines 
(Lupinus albus, luteus, &c.). 
As Medicines, Astringents, Gums and Resins :—Senna (leaves of Indian and North African species of 
Cassia); Liquorice and Spanish juice (from the root of Glycyrrhiza glabra and G. echinata, cultivated in South 
Europe and to a small extent in England); Gum Tragacanth (exuding from the stem of species of Astragalus 
growing in the Levant); Balsam of Peru (from a Central American Myrospermum) ; Balsam of Copaiva (Brazilian 
species of Copaifera); Catechu (. Acacia Catechu of India) ; Gum Arabic and Gum Senegal (several African species 
of Acacia); African Copal (Hymencea) and Kino (Pterocarpus); Tamarinds (pulp of the fruit of TamarinHus, of 
African origin); Ordeal-bean of Calabar (. Physostigma venenatum); Divi-divi pods (Ccesalpinia coriaria of South 
America), and many others. 
As Dyes :—Indigo (prepared by macerating the herbage of Indigofera tinctoria, /. Anil and allies, widely 
cultivated throughout the Tropics) ; Logwood (heart-wood of Hoematoxylon campeachianum of Central America) , 
Sappan-wood ( Ccesalpinia Sappan); Brazil-wood ( Cechinata); African Cam-wood ( Baphia nitida); Sanders- 
wood ( Pterocarpus santalinus). 
As Fibre :—Sunn Hemp of India ( Crotalaria juncea). 
As Cabinet Wood :—Brazilian Rosewood or Palisander-wood, afforded by species of Dalbergia; African 
Rosewood ( Pterocarpus). 
In Ornamental Cultivation.— North American Locust or Acacia (Robinia Pseudacacia); Laburnum 
(Cytisus Laburnum); Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum); Bladder Senna (Coluted); Amorpha; Wistaria; 
Caragana; Coronilla; Cytisus; Lupines ( Lupinus , various species) ; Scarlet-runner (Phaseolus coccineus); Coral- 
tree (Erytlirina); many Australian species of Chorizema , Oxylobium , Kennedy a. Acacia , &c.; New Zealand 
Edivardsia and Cliantlius; Cape Poclalyria, and many others. 
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