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native name of the plant in the East Indies.— The Pea-tree is now 
little cultivated. (‘ Quinchoncho de monte '— Crotalaria anagyroides, 
th., is common.) 
Arachis hypogea, L.—Seldom cultivated. The vernacular name, 
‘Mani,’ is Haytian, and not very different from the Brazilian * Man- 
dubi,’ said to be formed of ‘Ma, handful, and * Ubi,’ to be. (Ant. 
Ruiz, Tesoro, fol. 206, recto.) Markham (Quich. Gram. and Dict. 190) 
explains the word * Ynchic’ as an edible root, quoting Garcilaso de la 
Vega ; but that authority identifies plainly the * Inchic’ and the ‘Maní.’ 
(Garcilaso de la Vega, Coment. reales, Madrid, 1723, p. 278.) H. 
Barth. (* Reisen und Entdeckungen in Africa,’ abridged edition, i. 420, 
421) gives some interesting notes on the names and use of our plant 
in Africa. 
Sesamum Indicum, L. * Ajonjoli.’-—Rare in the valley of Caracas, but 
frequently cultivated in the neighbourhood of Maracaibo. The verna- 
cular name has long been an enigma to me. It appears to be iden- 
tical with the Sicilian * Guiggiolena’ (Hogg, Classical Plants of Sicily 
in Hooker's Journ. of Bot. 1834, p. 138), and with the French 
* Jugéoline* for Sesamum Brasiliense. (Treasury of Bot. ii. 639.) Diez 
(Worterb. i. 216) refers the Italian ‘Giuggiola’ (the Jujube-tree) to 
Zizyphus. This word is, therefore, also the root of the Spanish 
* Ajonjoli.’ 
Theobroma Cacao, L. * Cacao.’—Venezuela exported from July 1, 
1864, to July 1, 1865, nearly four million pounds of Cacao, princi- 
pally to Spain. 
Abelmoschus moschatus, Mrh. ‘ Argalia.'— Rare. 
A. esculentus, W. A. * Quimbombd.’—Alph. De Candolle (Geogr. 
Bot. ii. 768) declares in favour of the American origin of this plant, 
and considers the African derivation of the names * Quillobo,’ * Quin- 
gombo, ‘Quimbombé’ not proved. We have now so many stu- 
dents of African philology, that I should think the question might 
be very easily settled. On the western coast of Africa there are 
several local names, which show a striking resemblance to that 
of our plant,—‘ Quicombo,’ a Portuguese settlement on the coast 
of Benguela, ‘ Kilongo,’ on the coast of Loango, ete. Even the name 
‘Okoro,’ or ‘Okra,’ appears to be African. H. Barth. (‘ Reisen,’ 
abridged edition, i. 481) states that in Bornu the plant is cultivated 
under the name * Karáss.' Bornu slaves were frequently carried over 
