590 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



"586 A. D." (ann. Jap., transl. Tits.), Bin-dais succeeded by his brother You-mei - , now thirty- 

 second dairo of Japan. 



" In this year" (Isidor., and Clint, iv. p. 824), at Narbo, Leuvigild Gothic king of Spain suc- 

 ceeded by Recared. 



" 587 A. D." (Cockayne iii. 447), TEscwine succeeded by his son Sledda ; one of the two being 

 the first king of Essex or of the East Saxons. 



"58S A. D." (ann. Jap., transl. Tits.). You-mei succeeded by his brother Siou-zioun, now thirty- 

 third dairo of Japan. 



" The same year (=15 yrs. after Pegu," Mason 21), in Burmah, the city of Sitang founded.* 



* Murrava . . . . sp. of Burmah. The fragrant bark from early times used generally for a cos- 

 metic by the Burmese, — is attributed according to Mason v. 500 to an "indigenous" species (see 

 M. exotica). 



Xanthoxylum budrunga of Assam and Burmah. A woody creeper called in Burmah "ka-theet- 

 hsoo " (Mason), and known from early times : — observed in Burmah by McClelland ; and suspected by 

 Mason v. 500 to furnish the woody tubercles sold in market as "an inferior cosmetic." Farther 

 North, growing in Assam, its warm spicy seeds having the fragrance of lemon-peel and used medi- 

 cinally by the natives (Drur.). From transported specimens, described by Decandolle. 



Elczodendrou Orientate of Burmah. A Celastroid tree called "let-pet-ben," its leaves from early 

 times used by the natives for tea, — was observed by McClelland indigenous, and is referred by him 

 to this species (Mason v. 505). E. Orientale from transported specimens is described by Jacq. rar. 

 i. pi. 32, and Jussieu gen. (Pers., and Steud.). 



Pongamia tctrapctala of Pegu. A Leguminous tree, known from early times : — observed in 

 Pegu by McClelland, its seeds yielding karutij oil, like those of P. glabra (Mason v. 504). 



Amherstia nobilis of Siam or Tropical China. Leguminous and the most ornamental flowering 

 tree known, called in Burmah " a-thau-ka," and probably by some Budhist pilgrim — introduced from 

 the Shan States or China (Berdmore) • discovered by Wallich on the Salwen and first made known 

 to Europeans, but observed by Morton seemingly wild " in the neighbourhood of Belin " (Mason v. 400 

 to 770). 



Indigofera sp. o£ Burmah. An indigo shrub, from early times occasionally used in forming a blue 

 dye : — observed by Mason v. 511 indigenous in Burmah. 



Desmodium triquetrum of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. Branching and shrubby, called in 

 Burmah '■ moke-hso-hlan-ma" (Mason) ; and from early times, the root valued for its medicinal prop- 

 erties : — observed by Mason v. 503 indigenous in Burmah. Westward, by N. L. Burmann pi. 52, 

 Roxburgh, and Wight, in Hindustan; by Burmann pi. 81, on Ceylon ; by Graham, "common" around 

 Bombay. 



Cerbera manghas of Tropical shores from Ceylon throughout the Malayan archipelago. An orna- 

 mental Apocynous tree called in Tagalo " toctoc calo " (Blanco), in Burmah "ka-lwa" (Mason) ; and 

 from early times, oil obtained from the fruit by the Burmese for burning and to anoint their heads : — 

 observed by Burmann pi. 70 on Ceylon; by Mason v. 515, abounding in Tenasserim as far as tide- 

 water extends ; by Waiz on Java, its leaves and bark similar in action and substituted for senna 

 ( Lindl ) ; by Blanco on the Philippines, not common and hardly known to the natives ; and is de- 

 scribed by Rumphius ii. pi. 81. A Cerbera with white bracts or floral leaves, a medium-sized tree, 

 was observed by myself to all appearance indigenous on the Feejeean Islands, but on the Samoan 

 perhaps introduced, and under cultivation on Taheiti. (See C. tanghin). 



Wrightia coccinea of Tropical Eastern Asia. An Apocynous timber tree (Roxb.), the most 

 beautiful of its tribe, and its light fine wood known perhaps from early times : — observed by Mason 

 v. 417 to 525 "exotic" in Burmah, planted especially by Europeans, its orange-red flowers exhaling the 

 grateful fragrance of the pine-apple. Westward, by Roxburgh in Hindustan ; and from Bengalf was 

 introduced by Nimmo into the environs of Bombay (Graham). 



Con-volvulus {Lettsomia) setosus of Burmah. A large red-flowered twiner, known from early 

 times:— described by Roxburgh; observed in Burmah by Mason v. 438 to 7S4, indigenous, and 

 "during the rainy season on almost every hedge." 



Clerodendrum fragrans of Tropical Eastern Asia. A Yerbenaceous plant, indigenous in the 

 most arid parts of the forests of Burmah (Mason); and the "hnen-eik," apparently only a fragrant 

 double variety, cultivated from early times: — observed by Mason v. 413 to 792. Westward^ the 

 "double variety" is enumerated by Graham as "now pretty common in Bombay gardens." Trans- 

 ported to Europe, is described by Ventenat malm. pi. 70, and Jacquin schoenbr. pi. 33S (Pers., and 

 Steud.) ; and from Europe has been carried to Northeast America, where it continues in green- 

 houses. 



Curcuma elata of Burmah. Having a coma of a deep rosy or crimson colour, and known from 



