476 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"22 A. D." (Mason iii. 40), in Burmah, king Ronmokkha succeeded by his son Ranthinkha; — 

 who " discouraged Budhism," and reigned three years only. 



Polygonum barbatum of the Eastern Himalayas. Three to four feet high with several stems, 

 and called in Telinga " kunda-mallier," in Tamil " aat-alarie," in Malabar " velutta-modekvmucu " 

 (Drur.) ; from early times furnishing feed for cattle, its leaves besides used by the natives in colic, 

 and its seeds as carminative : * — observed by Rheede xii. pi. 77 in Malabar ; by Ainslie, Roxburgh, 

 and Wight, as far as Bengal ; by Mason, in Burmah, enumerated as indigenous ; and is known to 

 grow in China (Pers., and Lindl.). Westward, was observed by Grant on the " coast range " of 

 Equatorial Africa. Observed by Thunberg fl. 385 in Austral Africa ; but clearly by European colo- 

 nists, carried to the West Indies (Sloane i. pi. 3). 



"23 A. D. = ' keng-chi,' 1st year of Ti-youan, of the Han" or Seventh dynasty — (Chinese chron. 

 table). 



" 25 A. D. = ' kian-wou,' 1st year of Kouang-wou-hoang-ti " or Kouang-vvou ti, of the Han or 

 Seventh dynasty (Chinese chron. table, and Pauth.). He removed the seat of government from Si- 

 ngan-fou in Chen-si to Ho-nan-fou in Honan : and hence the name " Eastern Han " for the remainder 

 of the dynasty. 



" The same year " (Tacit., and Clint.), death of Cremutius Cordus. His annals "praising M. 

 Brutus and calling C. Cassius the last Roman," were ordered by the Senate to be burned ; but copies 

 being concealed, the work continued extant. 



"In this year" (Burm. hist., and Mason 41), in Burmah, Ranthinka succeeded by his son 

 Ramunsalingda, an excellent and religious king — who reigned "fifteen" years. 



"27 A. D." (Sueton., Tacit., Alst., and Clint), fall of the amphitheatre at Fidenae ; in which 

 "more than twenty thousand persons" perished. 



Fiearia rannnculoidcs of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Called in Greece " sphour- 

 thakula " or " zohathohorton" (Sibth.,) and one of the plants called in Britain swallow-ivoi t (Prior), 

 in which we recognize the CHELIDONIVM applied as ulcerating of the antidote of Apuleius Celsus 



— (Scribon. Larg. 174) : F. ranunculoides is termed "r. vernus rotundifolius " by Tournefort inst. 

 286; is known to grow throughout middle Europe as far as Denmark (fl. Dan. pi. 499, and Pers.); 

 and according to Sprengel, the roots so resemble grains of wheat as to have been cooked by mistake 

 in times of scarcity, and from being left exposed in quantities after inundations have occasioned 

 superstitious fear. Eastward, the " hSlithonion to mikron " by some called "puron agrion " is 

 described by Dioscorides as ulcerating the skin, growing near water, stemless, the leaves ivy-like, 

 and roots like a cluster of grains of wheat ; F. ranunculoides was observed by Sibthorp, Chaubard, 

 and Fraas, frequent in moist shady places throughout Greece. 



28 A. D. = " 15th year of the reign of Tiberius " (Luke iii. 1, and Epiphan. haeres. p. 446), the 

 Baptism. In the Jordan, by "John the son of Zacharias." 



"29 A. D.," in the consulship of " Rubellius Geminus and Rufius Geminus " (Clem. Alex., 

 Tertull. adv. Jud. 8, Augustin., and Clint), the Crucifixion. After "forty days," the number of 

 disciples being "about an hundred and twenty," Matthias elected apostle in place of the deceased 

 Judas : and on " the day of Pentecost," the gift of tongues, and " about three thousand " disciples 

 added (Acts i. 3 to ii. 41). 



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* Ulmus altcrnifolia of the mountains of Burmah. One of the two elms called " tha-lai " (Mason) 

 known in Prome from early times : — observed by McClelland, " the largest trees " of the district 

 (Mason v. 540. See U. inte^rifolia). 



Jug.'ans arguta of the Eastern Himalayas. Called in Burmah " theet-kya" (Mason), and known 

 from early times : — observed by Wallich. Walnuts according to Mason v. 460 "are occasionally 

 brought from above Ava, but it is not certain that they are the produce of the indigenous " tree. 



Qucrtus sp. of the Eastern Himalayas and the mountains of Burmah. Seven different species of 

 oak — observed by Wallich in Burmah: "three or four" according to Mason "are natives of" 

 Tenasserim "and all afford useful timber." 



Pardanthus Chincnsis of the Eastern Himalayas. The leopard flower, Moraea-like, and called 

 in Burmah "theet-sa" (Mason), in Malabar " canda-shular mini" (Rheede), cultivated from early 

 times : — observed by Rheede xi. 37 in Malabar ; by Graham, " common in gardens " around Bombay ; 

 by Roxburgh, in other parts of Hindustan ; by Royle, "wild in the Doons of the Himalayas " (Gra- 

 ham) ; by Mason v. 431 to 807, "exotic" in Burmah, cultivated for ornament. Transported to 

 Europe, is termed " ixia chinensis " by Linnaeus. 



Asparagus acerosus of Burmah. Called there " sheet-ma-tet " (Mason), and from early times : 



— found by Mason v. 46S "a passable substitute for" our garden asparagus, "to which however it 

 is much inferior." 



