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ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



Name and duration. 



Gooseberry— Kibes grossularia, 5. 

 Bed Currant — ^Ribes rubram, 5. 



Black Currant— Ribes mgnim, 5. 



XaH — Diospyros Kaki, 5- 

 Date Plum — Diospyros lotos, 5« 



Olive — Olea europea, 5» 



Aubergine — Solanum melongena (1) 

 Fig— Ficua Carica, 5- 



Bread -Fruit — Artocarpus incisa, §. 

 Jack-Fruit — Artocarpus integrifolia, 



Date-Palm — ^Phoenix dactylifera, §. 



Banana — Musa sapientum, 5- 

 Oil Palm— Elaeis guineensis, S' 



Date. 



c. 



Origin. 



(?) 



(?) 



A. 

 A. 



(?) 

 B.(?) 



A. 



(?) 



Temperate Europe, north of 

 Africa, Caucasus, western 

 Himalayas. 



Northern and temperate 

 Europe, Siberia, Caucasus, 

 Himalayas, north-east of 

 the United States. 



Northern and central 

 Europe, Armenia, Siberia, 

 Mantschuria, western 



Himalayas. 



Japan, northern China. 



China, India, Afghanistan, 

 Persia, Armenia, Anatolia. 



Syria, southern Anatolia and 

 neighbouring islands. 



India. 



Centre and south of the 

 Mediterranean basin, from 

 Syria to the Canaries. 



Sunda Isles. 



India. 



Western Asia and Africa, 

 from the Euphrates to the 

 Canaries. 



Southern Asia. 



Guinea. 



Cultivated for the Seeds. 



LitcM— Nephelium Litchi, 5« 



longan — Nephelium longana, 5- 

 Eambutan— NepheliumlappaceumjS- 

 Pistachio — Pistacia vera, 5- 

 Bean — Faba vulgaris (1). 

 Lentil — Ervum lens (1). 



Cbick-Fea — Cicer arietinum (1). 



Lupin — Lupinus albus (1). 



Egfyptian Lupin — Lupinus termis 



(1). 

 Field-Pea — Pisum arvense (1). 



1. Nutritive. 



(?) 



(?) 

 (?) 

 C. 

 A. 

 A. 



A. 



B. 



A. 



c.(?) 



Southern China, Cochin- 



China. 

 India, Pegu. 

 India, Pegu. 

 Syria. 



South of the Caspian (?). 

 Western temperate Asia, 



Greece, Italy. 

 South of the Caucasus and 



of the Caspian. 

 Sicily, Macedonia, south of 



the Caucasus. 

 From Corsica to Syria. 



Italy. 



