438 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



" The same year " (Clint, iii. p. 346), death of Antiochus VI. ; his colleague becoming Anti- 

 ochus VII. Cyzicenus, fourteenth Greek king of Syria. 



"The same year" (Li v., and Clint.), Cyrene bequeathed to the Romans by Ptolemy Apion, an 

 illegitimate son of Ptolemy VII. 



'' 95 B. C." (Clint, iii. p. 346), death of Antiochus VII., the last Syrian king having the "years 

 of the Seleucidae " on his coins. War for the succession ensued, between his son Antiochus Eusebes 

 and the five sons of Antiochus VI. — The war continued "twelve " years. 



As early perhaps as this date (Graha Munjari tables, Puranas, and Bentl.), Sudharma reigning in 

 Hindustan. Puchyadharman about this time king at Pataliputra on the Ganges — (Avadan. asok.) 

 called Satadhanvan in the Puranas (Burn. i. 430 to ii. 778). 



"94 or 93 B. C. (= 17th year of king Taepah " of Burmah, confirmed by Ceylon hist., Mason 

 40), the doctrines of Gaudama or Budha committed to writing in Ceylon. The transaction is referred 

 to about this date by Mahanama, and in the Sara-sangraha (Max. Mull. p. xix). 



The Mulamuli, written originally in Pali, possibly as early as this date. — It has been translated 

 into Shan, and thence in "A. D. 1768 " into Talaing (Mason 593).* 



notice of the first colonists, for missing the Thespesia populnea, they transferred here its Taheitian 

 name "miro." — (See Hale). 



Piper- mctliysticum of the Papuan archipelago ? The kava pepper, upright and branching, is 

 called on Taheiti "ava irai " (Bert.), on the Hawaiian Islands " awa " (Gaud.), in Hawaiian Tahei- 

 tian and Samoan '"ava," in Nukahivan Raratongan and Tongan " kava," the beverage from its root 

 "kava" (Hale) : known to the first colonists of New Zealand, for they transferred its name to P. 

 excclsum, remarkable for being the only known species growing beyond the Tropics. — P. methysti- 

 cum was observed by Forster esc. 76 on the Hawaiian Taheitian and Tongan Islands, by Gaudichaud 

 on the Hawaiian Islands, and by Bertero on Taheiti ; Jjy myself, under cultivation on the Hawaiian 

 and Samoan Islands, and stored roots and stems on the Tongan and Feejeean Islands. In the 

 account of Magellan's voyage by a Genoese pilot " hava " was procured at the Moluccas, and accord- 

 ing to the Lisbon comments "hava" or " ava" drink is known there. 



Draazna terminalis of the Papuan archipelago. Called in Burmah " kwon-len-net " (Mason), 

 in Tagalo " varas hari " or " varas ni Jose " or " toncod obispo " (Blanco), on the Hawaiian Islands 

 and Taheiti " ti " (Gaud., and Bert.), universally by Polynesians " ti," and the cincture of its leaves 

 in Samoan and Tongan " titi " (Hale) : known to the first colonists of New Zealand, for in its 

 absence they transferred its name " ti " to another species, D. An straits. — D. terminalis was 

 observed by myself, an inedible sweet-rooted variety naturalized on the Hawaiian Islands and not 

 seen elsewhere, an edible farinaceous-rooted variety naturalized on Taheiti and perhaps cultivated on 

 Metia, some twenty varieties mostly edible distinguished and cultivated by the natives of the Samoan 

 Islands, and one yellow-leaved variety furnishing the cinctures generally worn, one variety in culti- 

 vated ground on Tongatabu, ^and a very large-leaved banana-like variety on the Feejean Islands, near 

 dwellings and also in wild situations : var. terrea, the red-leaved variety, was first met with on Manua 

 (the most secluded of the Samoan Islands), afterwards on the Philippines, where according to 

 Blanco it is planted by the natives for ornament ; is termed "terminalia rubra" by Rumphius iv. pi. 

 34; is known to occur in China (Pers.) ; was observed by Mason 420 to 814 "exotic" in Burmah, 

 planted by the natives; by Roxburgh, in Hindustan ; by Graham, as far as Bombay, "common in 

 gardens, introduced from China." Transported to Europe, is described by Jacquin ic. ii. pi. 44S, 

 and Redouts' liliac. pi. 91 ; and from Europe was carried to Northeast America, where it continues in 

 greenhouses. 



Bambusa nov. sp. of the Samoan Islands. The Polynesian bamboo is called in Feejeean 

 " mbitu," by Polynesians " kofe " or " kohe " or " koe " or " 'ofe " or " 'ohe," a knife made from it 

 in Tikopian " kofe," and an arrow in Taheitian " ohe " (Hale) : known to the first colonists of New 

 Zealand, for they retained its name " kohe " as the word for knife : — observed by myself near a plan- 

 tation on the Feejeean Islands, in wild situations on the Hawaiian and Taheitian, and to all appear- 

 ance indigenous in the deep forest on Savaii : the universal use of its stems as a substitute for water- 

 casks, and its easy propagation, suggest the mode of transport from island to island From °rowin<r 

 in beds and its brittle stem, may prove a peculiar species, but I did not meet with it flowering. 



* Hopea parviflora of Southern Hindustan. A large Dipterocarpous tree called in Malabar 

 " irubogam " (Drur.) ; and the lone " hopea," under which according to the Mulamuli the good man 

 took up his abode — (Mason 598), may be compared : H. parviflora was observed by Beddome pi. 6 

 in Malabar and Canara, in moist and dry forests as far as the elevation of "thirty-five hundred feet " 

 and in south Canara its timber much valued for temple buildings (Drur.). 



Hopea IVightiana of Southern Hindustan. A large tree called in Tamil "konooo" or " kon°- " 



