OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 481 



"In this year" (Abyss, chron., and C. Mull, geogr. min. p. xcvii), Za-Les succeeded by Za-Ma- 

 seuh, now king of Abyssinia. — He reigned "six" years. 



"47 A. D." (Tacit., Dio, and Clint.), the Roman general Vespasian in Britain; Corbulo having 

 charge in Gaul and Germany. 



" The same year " (= 33 -\- " 14 years " of Galat. ii. 1 to 14, compare Acts xv. 4 and xii. 25), 

 Third visit of Paul to Jerusalem ; where "James, Cephas, and John " gave to him " and Barnabas the 

 right hands of fellowship ; " to go unto the uncircumcised. After returning to Antioch, and openly 

 rebuking Peter for concealing the fact that "he did eat with the Gentiles," Paul set out on his Second 

 missionary tour ; and proceeded with Silas through Cilicia and Asia Minor to Macedonia, Athens, 

 and Corinth; where "he continued a year and six months" (Acts xv. 41 to xviii. 11). 



48, in " the days of unleavened bread " (Acts xii. 3), " James the brother of John " put to death, 

 and Peter imprisoned, by Herod Agrippa. Who, before the close of "this year" (Jos., and Clint., 

 compare Acts xii. 23), was succeeded by his nephew Agrippa the younger as governor of Judaea. 



49 A. D. = "9th year of Claudius," in a Greek inscription at the Great Oasis — discovered by 

 Hoskins. 



This or another Greek inscription of the same date (see Franz) presenting the following form 

 of the letter A- 



"The same year" (= 52 — "3 years " of Acts xx. 31), arrival of Paul in Ephesus, on bis Third 

 missionary tour. 



Under Claudius, a freedman of Annius Plocamus sailing along the Arabian coast driven by a 

 storm to the island of Taprobane ; where the sun rose on the left, and the soil was carefully culti- 

 vated — (Plin. vi. 24). 



Jambosa Malaccensis of the Moluccas. The Malay apple is called in Tamil "jambu-malacca," 

 in Malayan " jambu-kling" or " jambu-merah " (J. F. Wats.), in Burmah " tha-byu-tha-byaa " (Mason), 

 in Tagalo " copcop " (Blanco) ; and the "pomis " found by the freedman abundant on Taprobane — • 

 (Plin.) may be compared : "red jambu flowers " and " jambu fruit " are mentioned in Karen dirges 

 (Mason p. 83) : J. Malaccensis has been long known in Hindustan ; was observed by Rheede i. pi. 

 18 in Malabar; by Graham, " common in gardens " around Bombay; by W. Jones, Roxburgh, and 

 Wight, under cultivation in other parts of Hindustan ; by Mason v. 450, " exotic " in Burmah, thriv- 

 ing "luxuriantly at Mergui." Farther East, the "jambos with dark red fruit" is mentioned by Nieu- 

 hoff ; J. Malaccensis was not seen wild on Java by Blume ; was observed on Sumatra by Marsden ; 

 by myself, under cultivation only throughout the Malayan archipelago; by Blanco, on the Philippines, 

 and termed by him " eugenia montana ; " by Rumphius i. 195, spontaneously growing on the Moluc- 

 cas (A. Dec.) ; by myself, a large tree cultivated and naturalized on the Feejeean, Samoan, Tahei- 

 tian, and Hawaiian islands ; by Foster, on the Hawaiian, and Marquesas islands. By Arab colonists, 

 was carried to Zanzibar, observed by myself on the Imaum's plantation: by European colonists, was 

 carried to the Mauritius Islands (Boj.). From transported specimens, is described in 1640 by 

 Parkinson. (See Hawaiian Islands.) 



" The same year = beginning of the Twelfth manwantara " among the Hindus — (Graha Mun- 

 jari tables, and Bentl.). 



"Not earlier than the 1st century A. D." (Dallet p. xii.), commencement of Corean history. 

 Corea at this time divided into three States or kingdoms, Kao-li in the North and Northeast, Pet-si 

 in the West, and Sin-la in the Southeast, civil wars and contests between Kao-li and China on the 

 one hand, and between Sin-la and Japan on the other, — continuing more than ten centuries. Sin-la 

 in o-eneral maintaining predominance, so that the period in question is sometimes termed the " Dynasty 

 of Sin-la." 



" 50 A. D. (= 9th year of the war in Britain," Tacit., and Clint.), after the defeat of the " Iceni " 

 (Exeter?), Caractacus leader of the " Silures " (Salisbury?) defeated and taken prisoner by the 

 Roman general Osorius. 



Reseda phyteuma of the Mediterranean countries. Called in Greece "ohestra" or "ohrestra" 

 (Fraas) : the "phutSuma " with a long slender superficial root suitable according to some writers for 

 love-charms, — further described by Dioscorides as having leaves like " strouthiS " but smaller, and 

 numerous perforated fruit, is referred here by Lobel adv. p. 320, and others : R. phyteuma was 

 observed by Sibthorp, and Fraas, in mountain-ravines from the Peloponnesus to mount Athos, its 

 leaves cooked and eaten. Westward, the " phyteuma " used for love-charms only, is mentioned by 

 Pliny xxvii. 99 ; R. phyteuma is described by Columna ecphr. i. p. 270 ; is termed " r. minor vulgaris " 

 by Tournefort inst. 423 ; and is known to grow in Austria and Southern France (Jacq. austr. pi. 132, 

 Pers., and Spreng.). 



" In this year" (Abyss, chron., and C. Mull, geogr. min. p. xcvii), Za-Maseuh succeeded by Za- 

 Sutuwa, now king of Abyssinia. — He reigned "nine" years. 



" In or about this year" (peripl. Eryth., and Major voy. ind.), Hippalus, commander of a vessel 



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