440 



ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



Name and duration. 



Date. 



Origin. 



Jute Corchorus olitorius (1). C. (?) 



Sumach fthus coriaria, 5' C. 



Khat Celastrus ednlis, ^. (?) 



Indigo Indigofera tinctoria, ^- !$ 



Silver Indigo Indigoferaargentea,^. (?) 



Henna Lawsonia alba, . A. 



Blue Gum Eucalyptus globulus, 5- C. 



Cinnamon Cinnamonum zeylani- C. 



cum, 5. 



China Grass Boehmeria nivea, If, .] (?) 



Hemp Cannabis sativa (1). A. 

 White Mulberry Morus alba, 5. 

 Black Mulberry Morus nigra, 5 



Sugar-Cane Saccharum officina- B. 



rum, If. 



North-west of India, Ceylon. 



Mediterranean basin, west- 

 ern temperate Asia. 



Abyssinia, Arabia (?). 



India (?). 



Abyssinia, Nubia, Kordofan, 

 Senaar, India (?). 



Western tropical Asia, 

 Nubia (?). 



New Holland. 



Ceylon, India. 



China, Japan. 

 Dahuria, Siberia. 

 India, Mongolia. 

 Armenia, northern Persia. 

 Cochin-China (?), south, 

 west of China. 



CULTIVATED FOE THE FLOWERS OB THEIR ENVELOPES. 



Clove Carophyllus aromaticus, 5- 

 Hop Humulus lupulus, If. 



Carthamine Cartharaus tinctorius 



(1). 

 Saffron Crocus sativus, T. 



C. 

 A. 



A. 



Moluccas. 



Europe, western temperate 



Asia, Siberia. 

 Arabia (?). 



Southern Italy, Greece, Asia 

 Minor. 



CULTIVATED FOR THE FRUITS. 



Shaddock Citrus decumana, . 



Citron, Lemon Citrus medica, 5. 

 Bitter Orange Citrus Aurantium 



Bigaradia, 5- 

 Sweet Orange Citrus Aurantium 



sinense, 5. 



Mandarin Citrus nobilis, 5. 

 Mangosteen Garcinia mango- 



stan a, 5. 



Ochro Hibiscus esculeutus (1). 

 Vine Vitis vinifera, . 



Common Jujube Zizyphus vulgaris, 



o 

 Lotus Jujube Zizyphus lotus, 5. 



B. 



B. 

 B. 



C. 



C. 

 A. 



Pacific Islands, to the east of 



Java. 

 India. 

 East of India. 



China and Cochin-China. 



China and Cochin-China. 



Sunda Islands, Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



Tropical Africa. 



Western temperate Asia, 

 Mediterranean basin. 



China. 



Egypt to Marocco. 



