GENERAL TABLE OF SPECIES. 



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Name and duration. 



Date. 



Origin. 



Amaranth — Amarantus gangeticns 



Sorrel — Eumex acetosa, y (1) . 



Patience Dock — Rnmex patientia, Tf. 

 Asparagpis — Asparagus ofl&cinalis, Tjl. 



Leek — Allium ampeloprasum, y. 



(?) 



(?) 



(?) 

 B. 



B. 



Tropical Africa, India (?). 



Europe, northern Ada, 



mountains of India. 

 Turkey in Europe, Persia. 

 Europe, westera temperate 



Mediterranean baain* 



2. Fodder. 



Lncera — Medicago sativa, '^. 

 Sainfoin — Onobrychis sativa, y. 



French Honeysuckle — Hedysanun 



coronarium, If. 

 Purple Clover — Trifoliumpratense,^:. 



Alsike Clover — Trifolium hybridum 



(1). 

 Italian Clover — Trifolium incama- 



tum (1). 

 Egyptian Clover — Trifolium alex- 



audrinum (1). 

 Ervilla — Ervum Ervilia (1). 

 Vetch — Vicia sativa (1). 



Flat-podded Pea — Lathy rus Cicera 



(!)■ 

 Chickling Vetch — Lathyi-us sativus 



(1). 

 Ochms — Lathyrus ochrus (1). 

 Fenugreek — Trigonella foenum- 



graecum (1). 

 Bird's-Foot — Ornithopus sativus (1). 



Nonsnch — Medicago lupulina (1), (2). 



Com Spurry — Spergula arvensis (1). 

 Goinea Grass — Fanicnm maximum, ^, 



B. 

 C. 



C. 



c. 



c* 



c. 



c. 



B. 

 B. 



B. 



B. 



B. 

 B. 



B.(?) 



C. 



B.(?) 

 C.(?) 



"Western temperate Asia. 



Tenii:)erate Europe, south of 

 the Caucasus. 



Centre aud west of the Medi- 

 terranean basin. 



Europe, Algeria, western 

 temperate Asia. 



Temperate Europe. 



Southern Europe. 



Syria, Anatolia. 



Mediterranean basin. 

 Europe, Algeria, south of the 



Caucasus. 

 From Spain and Algeria to 



Greece. 

 South of the Caucasua. 



Italy, Spain- 

 North-east of India and 



western temperate Asia. 

 Portugal, south of Spain, 



Algeria. 

 Europe, nortii of Africa (?), 



temperate Asia, 

 Europe. 

 Tropical Africa. 



3. Various Uses. 



Tea — ^Thea sinensis, ^• 



Flax anciently cultivated — Linnm 



angustifolium, ^ (2), (1). 

 Flax now cultivated — Linum usita- 



tissimum (1). 

 Jute — Corchorus oapeularis (1). 



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A. 

 A. 



A.(?) 



C.(?) 



Assam, China, Mantschuria. 

 Mediterranean basin. 



Western Asia (?), derived 



from the preceding (?). 

 Java, Ceylon. 



