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cultivation extending so slowly as only recently to have reached Greece (Chaub.) and Egypt (Clot- 

 Bey) ; roots " imported from Hindustan '' were seen by myself at Muscat, Mocha, and Zanzibar, and 

 the plant under cultivation at the last-named locality ; observed also by myself cultivated on New 

 Zealand by the natives ; and in Northwest America, forming the Commencement of Agriculture 

 among the Chinnooks. 



"984 A. D." (Alst, and Nicol.), at Rome, Benedictus VII. succeeded by Joannes XV., seventy- 

 third archbishop. 



"985 A. D. (= 1645th of Synmu," art de verif.), Jen-wo succeeded by Quassan, eldest son of 

 Ren-sei, and now dairo of Japan. 



" The same year " (Alst., and Nicol.), at Rome, Joannes XV. succeeded by Joannes XVI., seventy- 

 fourth archbishop. 



"986 A. D." (Rafn), a colony from Iceland led into Greenland by Erikus Rufus, and a settlement 

 formed on the " Southwestern shore." Later in the summer, Bjarnius sailing for Greenland, was 

 driven by adverse winds far Westward, and saw land, covered with woods, and here and there low 

 hills (Newfoundland). Leaving this to the larboard, at the end of "a day and night" he saw an- 

 other land, " flat and covered with trees " (Labrador ?). . He continued thence " three " half days' sail 

 to a high and mountainous land covered with glaciers ; and " two days and two nights " afterwards, 

 reached his destination in Greenland. 



A portion of the constructions at Pachacamac ("pacha" world and "camac" creator), and many 

 huacas or burial-mounds in Lower Peru, older according to "some old writers" than the time of the 

 Incas : * — the oracle and temple were captured by the inca Pachacutec, and a considerable portion of 

 the city was in ruins when visited by Hernando Pizarro (Ciez., and Markham edit. -p. 255). 



early times used medicinally: — observed by Feuille'e ii. pi. 22, and Molina; by myself, frequent in 

 the open country. 



Polygala clinclin of Chili. Called in Chilian " clinclin " (Molin.), and from early times used 

 medicinally : — termed "polygala coerulea ang." by Feuille'e (Molin.). 



Mimosa balsamica of Chili. Called in Chilian "jarilla" (Molin.), and from early times used 

 medicinally : — observed by Molina. 



Gnafihaliiiju viravira of Chili. Called in Chilian " viravira" (Molin.), and from early times used 

 medicinally: — observed by Frezier i. 205, and Molina. 



Senccio nilgue of Chili. Called in Chilian " nilgue " (Molin.), and from early times used medi- 

 cinally : — termed "jacobaea leucanthemi vulg. fol." by Feuille'e (Molin.). 



Solidago dinca of Chili. Called in Chilian " diuca-lahuen " (Molin.), and from early times used 

 medicinally : — termed " virga aurea leucoi. fol." by Feuille'e (. Molin.) ; and possibly the species observed 

 by myself from the coast to the middle mountain-region of the Andes. 



Erythrcra Chilcnsis of Chili. Annual, called in Chilian " cachanlahuen " (Molin.), and from 

 early times used medicinally : — described in mem. Acad. 1707 ; observed also by Feuille'e ii. pi. 35, 

 and Molina. 



Plegorhiza guajcuru of Chili. Called in Chilian "guaicuru" (Molin.), and from early times its 

 root used medicinally : — observed by Molina. 



Verbena erinoides of Chili. Prostrate and multicaul, called in Chilian "sandia-lahuen " (Molin.), 

 and from early times used medicinally : — termed 'Tichnidea verbena: tenuifolia" by Feuille'e Hi. pi. 

 25 (Molin.) ; described also by Ruiz and Pavon i. pi. 33. From transported specimens, termed 

 " erinus laciniatus" by Linnaeus. 



Qninchamalium Cliilcnsc of Chili. A small Thesioid plant called in Chilian " quinchamali " 

 (Molin.), and from early times used medicinally :— observed by Frezier i. 13 q, and Molina; by 

 myself, frequent throughout the open country to the middle mountain-region of the Andes. " Q. 

 procumbens " of Ruiz and Pavon ii. pi. 107, probably not distinct, was observed by myself on the 

 basal portion of the Peruvian Andes. 



Hcrniaria payco of Chili. Called in Chilian " payco " (Molin. \ and from early times used medi- 

 cinally : — observed by Frezier i. 205, and Molina. 



Colliguajaf of Chili. Called in Chilian "pichoa" (Molin.), and from early times used medic- 

 inally: — termed " tithymal. fol. trinerv." by Feuille'e (Molin.). 



Bromus? cathartiais of Chili. Called in Chilian "guilno" (Molin.), and from early times used 

 medicinally: —termed "gramen bromoides cathart." by Feuille'e, as seen at Lima (Pers.) ; but was 

 observed by Molina in Chili ; by myself, a Bromus-like grass with compressed spikelets in the envi- 

 rons of Valparaiso. 



* Lucitma obovala of Western Peru. A Sapotoid tree called in Peru " lucuma " (C. P.) ; in which 

 we recognize the luxurious " lucma " fruit of a legend of the Yuncas of the Lurin valley — (A vila 1 25) : 

 the " leucoma " is described in a letter to Monardes 3 ; was observed in Peru by J. Acosta, Feuille'e 



