SELECT PLANTS
READILY ELIGIBLE FOR
YICTORIAN INDUSTRIAL CULTURE,
WITH INDICATIONS OF THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES
AND SOME OF THEIR USES.
AN ENUMERATION OFFERED BY
BARON FERD. VON MUELLER,
C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.,&c.
Aberia Caffra, Hooker.
The Kai-Apple of Natal and Caffraria. This tall shrub
serves for hedges. The rather large friiits are edible, and can
be converted into preserves. Allied South African species
are A. Zeyheri and A. tristis (Sender).
Acacia acuminata, Bentham.
A kind of Myall from Western Australia, attaining a height
of forty feet.
Acacia Arabica, Willdenow.
North and Central Africa, also in South-West Asia, growing
in dry calcareous soil. This small tree can be utilised for
thorny hedges, as also A. Seyal (Delile) and A. tortilis
(Forskael). They all furnish the best Gum Arabic for medicinal
and technical purposes. The Lac-insect lives also on
the foliage, and thus in Sind the Lac is mainly yielded by
this tree. The stem attains a circumference of ten feet. ¡ The
astringent pods are valuable for tanning; the wood, known
as “ Sunt,” is esteemed for planks of boats. A. gummifera
(Willd.) and A. Ehrenbergiana (Hayne) are among the
species, and yield Gum Arabic in North Africa.
Acacia Cavenia, Hooker and Arnett.
The Espino of the present inhabitants of Chili, the Cavan of
the former population. A small tree with exceedingly hard
wood, resisting underground moisture. The plant is well
adapted for hedges. The pods, called Quirinca, serve as cattle
food (Dr. Philippi).
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