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ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



Cultivated foe thj Stems or Leaves. 



1. Vege^2bles. 

 A. 



Cabbage Brassica oleracea (1), 



CMnese Cabbage Brassica chinensis 



(-) 

 Water-Cress Nasturtiam officinale, 



Garden-Cress Lepidium sativum (1) . 

 Sea Kale Crambe maritiina. If. 

 Furslaue Portulaca oleracea (1). 



New Zealand Spinach Tetragonia 



e.xpansa (1). 

 Garden Celerv Apium graveolens 



(2). 



Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium (1) . 

 Parsley Pefa-oselinum sativum (2). 



Alexanders Smyrnium Olus-atrnm 



(-) 

 Corn Salad Valerianella olitoria (1) 



Artichoke CynaraCardun-l . . 



cuius (2), If. \ ^f;>; 



Lettuce Latuca Scariola (1), (2). 



Wild Chicory Cichorium Intybns, 



Endive Cichorium Endivia (1). 



Spinach Spinacia oleracea (1). 

 Urach Atriplex hortensis (1). 



(?) 



B. 

 C. 

 A. 



C. 

 B. 



C. 



C. 



C. 



C. 

 C. 



C. 

 B. 



C. 



C. 



C. 

 C. 



Europe. 



China (?), Japan (?), 



Europe, northern Asia. 



Fersia (?). 



Western temperate Europe. 



From the westcii Ilima- 

 laypg to southern Kussia 

 and Greece. 



New Zealand and New Hol- 

 land. 



Temperato and southern 

 Europe, northern Airica, 

 vrestern Asia. 



South-east of Eussia-, west- 

 ern temperate Asia. 



Southern Europe, Algeria, 

 Lebanon. 



Southern Europe, Algeria 

 western temperate Asia. 



Sardinia, Sicily. 



Southern Europe, northerr 

 Africa, Canaries, Madeira. 



Derived from the caidocm. 



Southern Europe, northern 

 Africa, western Asia. 



Europe, northern Africa, 

 western temperate Asia. 



Mediterranean basin, Cau- 

 casus, Turkestan. 



Persia (?). 



Northern Europe andSiberia 



