30 M. Bonastre on some 
(Cedrus Lebani,) in the catacomb of Thebes. These two fruits 
form a part of the Egyptian museum at Paris: they are the 
only two of the species that exist in an antique state. 
No. 6, are Seeds of the Lepdium; err of Dioscor. 
No. 7. The Grain or Seed of Mimusops Elengi. 
No. 8. Corn; Triticum Aistivium; wvpac of HomeER. 
This corn is a little better preserved, and was discovered 
in a vase of red clay, which was enclosed in the tomb of an 
agriculturist. 
No.9. Barley; Hordeum distichum; xpioj, (from the same 
tomb.) 
No. 10. Raisins; Vitis vinifera, in a high state of preservation. 
No. 11. Remains of a Crown or Garland, which I shall call 
“« Demotique,” or Popular. 
This garland was generally formed of leaves of some plant, 
the genus of which it is difficult to determine, but it has some 
relation to Unona Athiopica. The flowers are those of the 
flowery capitules of the Mimosa nilotica. This kind of gar- 
land encircled often the bodies of certain mummies from head 
to foot. 
No. 12. Date, of the Phenix Dactylifera. 
No. 13. Arequier, or Fruit of a new Species of the Genus 
Areca; 
Called Areca Pane Lacque by M. Kunru, the botanist: 
the living original is unknown. 
No. 14. Lentilles de Peluse; Lens Pelusiaca. 
This is the far-famed vegetable which is thought to be a 
lineal descendant of the lentils, for a plate of which Esau 
sold his birthright to Jacob. These lentils are of a much 
smaller species than those at present used in France. 
The lentils of Pelusium are at present cultivated in’ the 
environs of this Egyptian city, in the neighbourhood of that 
branch of the Nile called Pelusiad, and from which the 
species derives its name. This vegetable is extremely diffi- 
cult to naturalize in France. I send some to Mr. Humpury 
Gisss, in order to make the experiment of raising them in 
England; an experiment, the result of which I request he 
will communicate to me at a future period. 
No. 15. Another Leguminous Seed. 
This seed, which I lately discovered in a small vase of clay, 
is extremely rare. I have not been able to determine its 
species: whether it is a Lathyrus, a Cicercula, or a species 
of Trigonella, I am ignorant. ‘This seed is smooth, be- 
