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be compared: I. jalapa is attributed to Mexico by Linnaeus (Pers., and Steud.) ; was observed by 

 Orbegozo in the temperate parts of Oaxaca, its root considered by the traders extremely similar in 

 quality to jalap, and being " the more abundant and larger of the two, at least in some districts," is 

 regarded by Lindley as probably furnishing a portion of the imported drug. 



Ipomaea purga of the mountains of Eastern Mexico. Called at Jalapa "purga," but in Mexican 

 "laschachne" or " tetonpactle " — (Lindl.), and furnishing the true jalap of commerce: observed 

 by Schiede, and Orbegozo, on the mountains near Orizaba, on Coffre de Perote at the elevation of 

 "six thousand" feet, and on the Eastern declivity of the mountains near Chiconquiaco. "Sufsub 

 jalaba " was found by Forskal mat med. imported by the way of Greece into Egypt. 



"928 A. D." (Alst., and Nicol.), at Rome, Joannes XL succeeded by Leo VI., fifty-ninth arch- 

 bishop. 



'■929 A. D." (Alst., and Nicol.), at Rome, Leo VI. succeeded by Stephanus VIII., sixtieth 

 archbishop. 



"The same year" (Munk), the pilgrimage to Mecca interrupted by the sect of Karmatians. 

 Lines of impending partition now beginning in the Khalifate or Muslim Empire. 



"931 A. D." (Alst., and Nicol.), at Rome, Stephanus VIII. succeeded by Joannes XII., sixty- 

 first archbishop. 



"The same year" (ann. Jap., and art de verif.), Dai-go succeeded by his son Siusaku or Zu- 

 siak, now sixty-first dairo of Japan. 



" In this year" (Elph. iv. 1), the king of Guzerat, dying without male issue, succeeded by his 

 son-in-law as head of a new dynasty, the Salonka or Chalukya dynasty. 



"932 A. DA (art de verif.), Moktader succeeded by Kaher, nineteenth Abbassid khalif. 



"034 A. D. = 'yng-chun,' 1st year of Min-ti ; and after a brief interval, ' tching-tai,' istyear of 

 Lou-wang:" emperors "of the later Thang " or Seventeenth dynasty — (Chinese chron. table, and 

 Pauth.). 



One hundred and fifty-seventh generation. May 1st, 934, onward mostly beyond youth : the 

 Jewish writers, Japhet (Abu Ali Hassan el Basri) Halevi, Sabbatai Donolo ben Abraham : the Syrian 

 bishop Moses Barkepha : the Arab writers, the astronomers Azophi and Alfarabi d. 950 (Pouchet), the 

 grammarian Faresi, Ebn Said, Said ben Batrik (Eutychius) wr. 932 to 953 (Leps.) : the Greek writers, 

 Georgius Monachus d. 948, Theodosius acroaseis d. 961, Pollux the chronographer : Oecumenius d. 

 about 950, Genesius d. about 95 ; the theologians, Hadamarius, and Giselbertus : Luitprand, Witichind, 

 Frodoard, Eudes de Cluni. 



"The same year" (art de verif.), Kaher deposed, and the accession of Radi, twentieth Abbassid 

 khalif. A coin issued by Radi, is figured in Marcel p. 93. 



" 936 A. D. = ' thian-fou,' 1st year of Kao-tsou III.," head of the new dynasty of the later Tsin — 

 (Chinese chron. table). 



"The same year" (Alst., and Nicol.), at Rome, Joannes XII. succeeded by Leo VII., sixty-second 

 archbishop. 



"The same year" (Nicol, see .list.), Henricus Auceps succeeded by his son Otto or Otho, as 



across the Pacific to the Philippines, where it is called in Tagalo " camochiles " or "camachiles" or 

 " camonsiles," and the pulp around its seeds eaten by the natives (Blanco). Its bark in decoction is 

 "very astringent," and is employed medicinally (Lindl). 



Inga soman of Central America. An immense tree, the "genisaro" of Mexico (Drur.), and 

 probably long known there: — described by Jacquin (Steud.); and observed by Squier in Central 

 America, " ninety feet high," with branches " five feet in diameter " extending quite horizontal " ninety- 

 two feet." By European colonists was recently introduced into Ceylon, and thence to the Cuddapah 

 and Codoor plantations in Hindustan, supposed " to be a tree of great value for railway fuel " (Bed- 

 dome, and Drur.). 



Inga dulcis of Mexico. A large tree probably known to the natives of Mexico and Central 

 America as early as this date. — By European colonists, was carried across the Pacific to the 

 Philippines (Pers.); and thence reached Hindustan, where it is called in Telugu "sima cliinta," 

 in Tamul " coorookoo-pally " (Drury); was observed in Hindustan by Roxburgh cor. pi. 99 ; by 

 Graham, "common about Bombay," its "pods curiously twisted, filled with a sweet firm pulp which 

 forms a very nourishing food." 



Tigridia pavonia of Mexico. The tiger-flower called "cacomile" and its farinaceous root 

 eaten by the ancient Mexicans — (Humb. iv. 9) : observed by Hernandez viii. 23 in Mexico: and a 

 drawing of " flos tygridis " sent by Brancion to Dodoens (Lobel hist. 59, and Dalech.). By Euro- 

 pean colonists, was carried to Northeast America, where it continues a favourite flower in wardens • 

 and by Nimmo to the environs of Bombay. 



