202 Additional Note on the Arachis hypogea. 
“'The Aztecs expressed the digit one by a small circle, thus, O. 
Months were expressed by a peculiar symbolic figure for each, 
taken from natural or artificial objects. Duplications and combi- 
nations of the circle were made adjacent to the symbol so that 
the day of the month’ was exactly denoted. These were also 
the formulas for other transactions.”* The Chinese System con- 
sists of thirteen distinct characters and is a system of juxtapo- 
sitions. The wnt, which is the first figure in the system placed 
adjacent toa certain character denotes one hundred, two units 
<= 
Art. XIX.— Additional Note on Arachis hypogea; by Grorce 
Bentuam, Esq.+ 
Arachis among Hedysarea. This paper was published in 
eighteenth volume of the “Linnean Transactions,” a W 
* Extract from a private letter from Hon. H. R. Schoolcraft. 
+ From Hooker's Journal of Botany, No. 77, 177. 
