lds very good palm sugar or jaggery, and also excellent
sugar candy. Sago is also prepared from the central or pithy part
of the trunk, and forms a large portion of the food of the
natives. The fiber from the leaf stalk is of great strength; it is
known as Kittool fiber, and is used for making ropes, brushes,
brooms, etc. A woolly kind of scurf, scraped off the leaf stalks,
is used for calking boats, and the stem furnishes a small quantity
of wood.

94. CASIMIROA EDULIS.--A Mexican plant, belonging to the orange family,
with a fruit about the size of an ordinary orange, which has an
agreeable taste, but is not considered to be wholesome. The seeds
are poisonous; the bark is bitter, and is sometimes used
medicinally.

95. CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA.--The cassias belong to the leguminous family.
The leaflets of this and some other species produce the well-known
drug called senna. That known as Alexandria senna is produced by
the above. East Indian senna is produced by _C. elongata_. Aleppo
senna is obtained from _C. obovata_. The native species, _C.
marylandica_, possesses similar properties. The seeds of _C.
absus_, a native of Egypt, are bitter, aromatic, and mucilaginous,
and are used as a remedy for ophthalmia. _C. fistula_ is called
the Pudding-Pipe tree, and furnishes the cassia pods of commerce.
The seeds of _C. occidentalis_, when roasted, are used as a
substitute for coffee in the Mauritius and in the interior of
Africa.

96. CASTILLOA ELASTICA.--This is a Mexican tree, which yields a milky
juice, forming caoutchouc, but is not collected for commerce
except in a limited way.

97. CASUARINA QUADRIVALVIS.--This Tasmanian tree produces a very hard
wood of a reddish color, often called Beef wood. It is marked with
dark stripes, and is much used in some places for picture frames
and cabinetwork. This belongs to a curious family of trees having
no leaves, but looking like a gigantic specimen of Horse-tail
grass, a weed to be seen in wet places.

98. CATHA EDULIS.--This plant is a native of Arabia, where it attains
the height of 7 to 10 feet. Its leaves are used by the Arabs in
preparing a beverage like tea or coffee. The twigs, with leaves
attached, in bundles of fifty, and in pieces from 12 to 15 inches
in length, form a