CONDIMENTS AND SPICES. 



Habitat. C. annuum, Equinoctial America. Cultivated in Africa 

 and India. C. baccatum, India? meridional America. C. gros- 

 sum, East Indies? C. frutescens, East Indies? and inter- 

 tropical America. C. minimum, Philippines. C. nepalensis, 

 Nepaul? 



Remarks. Besides the above, C. pyramidale, Mill. C. conoides, Mill. 

 C. fastiaatum, Blume, C. angustifolium, De C. C. cerasiforme, W. C. 

 longum, De C. C. cordiforme, Mill. C. tetragonum, Mill, are said to be 

 indigenous to India ; C. sinense, Jacq. to China ; and C. crispum y De C. 

 to Mauritius. C. luteum, Lam. is the Piment de Mozambique, and also 

 indigenous to India. The greatest doubt is entertained of the Common 

 Capsicum being; a native of Asia, but Sprengel says that it is, "without 

 doubt," the Piperitis and Siliquastrum of Pliny. It is first undoubtedly 

 mentioned together with C. baccatum and C. grossum by Fuschius. 

 Fraas considers the vreVept drro^Kes of Theophrastus to refer to C. longum. 

 C. frutescens is first described by Monardes. The word KU^IKOV first 

 occurs in Actuarius. Chili is the Mexican term for all species and varie- 

 ties of Capsicum. 



N. 0.161. LABIATE. LABIATES. 



SWEET HERBS. 

 Lavandula vera. De C. Common Lavender. 



Linn. Syst. Digynia Gymnospermia. 



Vernacular. 



, ' \ V 



Habitat. South Europe. 

 Remarks. Cultivated by Anglo-Indians. Sprengel, on the authority 



of Heyschius, refers the tyvov of Theophrastus to this plant, 

 being the identification of Heyschius. Fraas refers Theophrastus' plant, 

 with the o-roLxds of Dioscorides and Stoechas of Pliny, to L. Stcechas. De 

 Candolle makes distinct species of L. vera and L. Spica. See " Drugs." 



Melissa officinalis. W. Common Balm. 



Linn. Syst. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



Vernacular. Badrungbuyeh, Pers. Hind. Ramtulsee ? Hind. 

 Mekka-subza, Dec. Parsie-cunjamhoray, Tarn. Buklut-ul-faris- 

 toon t Buklut-ul-utrujyeh, Arab. 



Habitat. South Europe. 



Remarks. The /neXio-o-o^vAAoi/ and /AeXirraiW of Dioscorides, and Meli- 

 sophyllum of Pliny. See " Drugs." 

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