GENERAL TABLE OF SPECIES. 



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Sl'ECIES NATIVE TO THE OLD WOKLD. 

 Cultivated for the Subterranean Parts. 



Name and duration. 



Radish — Enphanus sativus (1). 

 Horse-Radish. — Cochlearia Aimora- 



cia, If. 

 Turnip — Brassica Eapa (2). 

 Rape — Brassica Napus (2). 

 Carrot — Caucus Carota (2). 



Parsnip— Pa stinaca sativa (2). 

 Tuberous Chervil — Chceropbyllum 



bulbosum (2). 

 Skirret — Slum Sisarum, If. 



Madder — Eubia tinctornm, If, 



Salsify — Tragopogon poiTifoliutn (2). 

 Scorzonera — Scorzouera hispauica. 



Rampion — Campanula Rapunculus 



(2). 



('"Venretable. 



Beet— Beta vulg. (2), if. 



Root. 



Garlic — Allium sativum, If. 

 Onion — Allium Cepa (2). 

 Welsh Onion — Allium fistulosum, Tf. 

 Shallot — Allium ascalonicum, If. 

 Rocambole — Allium Scorodoprasum 

 Chives — ^Allium Schajnoprasum, If. 



Taro — Colocasia antiquornm, ^. 



Date. 



B. 

 C. 



A. 

 A. 

 B. 



C. 

 C. 



C. 



B. 



C.(?) 



c. 

 c. 



B. 



B. 

 B. 



A. 



C. 



C. 



C. 



C.(?) 



B. 



Origin. 



Teiiii)prate Asia.* 



Eiistei'u tcuiperate Eurojie. 



Europe, western Siberia (?). 

 Europe, western Siberia (?). 

 Europe, western temperate 



Asia (?). 

 Central auci southern Europe. 

 Central Europe, Caucasus. 



Altaic Siberia, northern 



Persia, 

 Western temperate Asia, 



south-east of Europe. 

 South-east of E iirope, Algeria. 

 South-west of Europe, south 



of the Caucasus. 

 Temperate and southern 



Europe. 

 Canaries, Mediterranean 



basin, western temperate 



Asia. 

 A I'esult of cultivation. 

 Desert of tlie Kirghis, in 



western temperate Asia. 

 Persia, Afghanistan, Belu- 



chistan, Palestine (?). 

 Siberia (from the land of 



the Kirghis to Baikal). 

 Modification of A. cepa (?), 



unknown wild. 

 Temperate Europe. 



Temperate and northern 

 Europe, Siberia, Khauis- 

 chatka, North America 

 (Lake Huron). 



India, Malay Archipelago, 

 Polynesia. 



* Dr. Bretschneidcr writes to mo from Pekiii, Dec. 22, 1882, th;it 

 the species is mentioned in the liyd, a work of tlie year llUO B.C. I do 

 not know if we must suppose the original habitat to be China or 

 western Asia. 



