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that the greater number of cultivated plants are known 

 also in their wild condition. This result may seem 

 surprising and we may wonder at it. As De Candolle 



VI. Species found in a sub-spontaneous condition, similar to 

 any one of the cultivated forms, but which are perhaps 



cultivated species having run wild 24 



Agave americana, Amarantus gangeticus, Amygdahis 

 persica, Areca catechu, Avena orientalis*, Avena sativa, 

 Cajanus indicus*, Cicer arietinum, Citrus decumana, 

 Cucurbita moschata, Dioscorea japonica, Ervum ervilia, 

 Ervuni lens, Fagopyrum emarginatum, Gossypium bar- 

 badense, Holcus saccharatus, Holcus sorghum, Indigofera 

 tinctoria, Lepidium sativum, Maranta arundinacea, Nico- 

 tiana rustica, Panicum miliaceum, Raphanus sativus, 

 Spergula arvensis. 



VII. Species found in a sub-spontaneous condition, but different 

 enough from the cultivated varieties to allow most botanists 



to consider them as distinct species 3 



Allium ascalonicum* (form of A. cepal), Allium scoro- 

 doprasum* (form of A. sativum ?), Secale cereale (form of 

 some other Secale ?). 



VIII. Species not found in a wild condition, nor in a sub- 

 spontaneous state, having perhaps originated in cultivated 

 forms, but too widely different not to be commonly called 



species 3 



Hordeum hexastichum (derived from H. distichum?}, 

 Hordeum vulgare (derived from H. distichon ?), Triticum 

 spelta (derived from T. vulgare ?). 



IX. Species not found in a wild or sub-spontaneous condition, 

 having originated in countries whose indigenous flora is 

 not yet sufficiently known, but where wild species exist 



which are perhaps the same 6 



Arachis hypogaea, Caryophyllus aromaticus, Convol- 

 vulus batatus, Dolichos lablab*, Manihot utilissima, Pha- 

 seolus vulgaris. 



