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Mason 1851, and Miguel in 1856. From China it is 

 reported by Bretsclmeider (as of about 1600) and 

 Loureiro 1790. 



Tliuul>erg, 1784, mentions it in Japan, and Mozo 

 and Pickering, 1740, Blanco, 1837, in the Philippines. 



In Hindostan it was observed by Roxburgh 

 1832 (?) and Burns (?). 



In Arabia and Egypt by Forskal, 1<75, Clot Bey, 

 and in other parts of Africa by Grant (Egypt to 

 Zanzibar), Krapf (Eastern Africa), Henze (Sou- 

 dan), Gray (W. Africa) and Pickering (Zanzibar), 

 1740. From ^Mauritius it was reported by Boyer, 

 1837, and Bouton, 1857. 



In the Pacific Islands it was seen by Captain Cook, 

 1769, in New Zealand by Hale, where native tradi- 

 tion puts its introduction back to 1740 (Pickering), 

 Forster 1783, Bertero, Wilkes 1840, Hooker 1867, 

 and Pickering. From Hawaii it is reported by 

 Gaudichaud-Beaupre, Hale, and AVilkes, 1840. 



E. List of Synonyms. 



In the following the writer has attempted to pre- 

 sent a complete list of all synonyms by which the 

 sweet potato has been referred to. Unless the 

 writer was able to convince himself of the correct- 

 ness of the synonym by consulting the original 

 authority, the later authority has been given in 

 parentheses. 



Ahe (Choctaw), Gray (Cope & Kingsley). 



Ajes, Clusius. This is doubtless the yam, although it is often given 



as a synonym of the sweet potato. 

 Amotes, Clusius. 



Apichu (Peruv.), de Vega (Cope & Kingsley). 

 Artichaut des Indes. Vilmorin (Cope & Kingsley). 

 Axe, Pharmacographia (Cope & Kingsley). 



