456 ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



tinctoria, Lepidum sativum, Maranta arundinacea, Nico- 

 tiana nistica, Panicvm, miliaceum, Raphanus sativus, 

 Spergula arvensis. 



7. Subspontaneous like the preceding, but different 

 enough from the cultivated varieties to lead the majority 

 of authors to regard them as distinct species. Three 

 species. 



*Allium ascalonicum (variety of A. cepa T), Allium 

 scorodoprasum (variety of A. sativum ?), Secale cereale 

 (variety of one of the perennial species of Secale ?). 



8. Not discovered in a wild state nor even half-wild, 

 derived perhaps from cultivated species at the beginning 

 of agriculture, but too different not to be commonly 

 regarded as distinct species. Three species. 



Eordeum hexastichon (derived from H. distiehon ?), 

 Hordeum vulgar e (derived from H. distiehon f), THticum 

 spelta (derived from T. vulgare ?) 



9. Not discovered in a wild state nor even half- wild, 

 but originating in countries which are not completely 

 explored, and belonging perhaps to little-known wild 

 species of these countries. Six species. 



Arachis hypogea, Carophyllus aromaticus. Convolvulus 

 hatatas, *Dolichos lubia, Manihot utilissima, Phaseolus 

 vulgaris. 



10. Not found in a wild state, nor even half-wild, 

 but originating in countries which are not sufficiently 

 explored, or in similar countries which cannot be defined, 

 more different than the latter from known wild species. 

 Eighteen species. 



Amorphophallus konjak, Arracacha esculenta, Bras- 

 sica chinensis, Capsicum annuum, Chenopodium quinoa,^ 

 Citrus nobilife, Cucurbita ficifolia, Dioscorea alata, Dios- 

 corea Batatas, Dioscorea sativa, Eleusine coracana, Lucuma 

 mammosa, Nephelium Litchi, *Pisum sativum, Saccharum 

 officinarum, Sechium edule, *Tricosanthes anguina, Zea 

 mays. 



Total 247 species. 



* Since this list was printed, I have been informed that the qninoa 

 is wild in Ohili« Some of the figures need modification in consequence 

 of this error. 



