774 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



dinal James d'Euse, now Joannes XXI I., fortieth pope. Louis II. Bavarus ruling Germany and 



Italy ; Edward II., England ; Robert, Scotland ; and in France, Louis X. succeeded by Phil.p V _ 



"Dec. 19th (= 716 A. H., Shawal 6" of Ferisht., Elph.), death of sultan Ala-u-dm of Delhi. 



He was succeeded „,,,,..,. j »,r u -m 



"1317, March 22 (= 717 A. H. Moharrem 7" of Ferisht., Elph.) by his third son Mobank 



Khilji, now thirteenth sultan of Delhi. 



"June 1st" (according to an Arabic inscription on the walls, Leps. eg. and sin. p. 232;, alter a 

 victory of Naser over the infidels, opening of a mosque at Old Dongola. 



"In this year" (Remus, iv. 172), the Wen-hian-thoung-khao, a historical encyclopedic work by 

 Ma-touan-lin,* offered to and approved by the emperor Jin-tsoung. — It was published "in 1321," 

 and the author died soon afterwards. . 



" In this year," Matthseus Sylvaticus (according to his own statement) at Salerno writing his 

 Pandectre: dedicated by him to Robert king of Sicily. 



Serratula imetaria "of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. A saw-wort called in Ger- 

 many " sichelkraut " (Grieb) or " sichelmoren " (Trag.); and the CrlthMTlUS kgreStIS of 

 Matthajus Svlvaticus pand., — is referred here by Tragus ii. 32 : S. tinctoria is termed •• jacea nemo- 

 rensis qua; serratula vulgo " by Tournefort inst. 444 ; is known to grow from Denmark throughout 

 middle Europe (fl. Dan. pi. 281, and engl. bot. pi. 30), its juice affording a yellow dye (Pers.) ; was 

 observed by Sestini in the environs of Constantinople (Sibth.). 



Lvsimadiia dubia of the East .Mediterranean countries. TheperSIC&.N&. m I n r of Mat- 

 thseus Sylvaticus, —described by Caesalpinus vi. 65 as having leaves like those of •• lysimachie pur- 

 purea; " and flowers purple and whitish, may be compared : L. dubia is termed '■ 1. spicata purpurea 

 minor" by Buxbaum i. pi. 33; was observed by Sibthorp on the marshy shores of the Nicasan Lake; 

 and according to Persoon the petals are connivent. 



Theslum liuophyllum of Europe and the adjoining portion of Asia. Called in Britain bastard 

 toad-flax (Prior), and the L I n \r\ 2l of the Pandecta, — and Ortus Sanitatis 261, may be compared : 

 T. linophyllum is termed " anonymos lini folio" by Clusius hist. i. 324. "linaria montana flosculis 

 albicantibus " by C. Bauhin pin. 213, and known to grow throughout middle Europe (Tourn. inst. 509, 

 engl. bot. pi. 247, and Hayne): observed by Linnaeus as far as Scania and Smoland; by Sibthorp, and 

 Chaubard, from the Peloponnesus to the Greek islands. 



" In this year" (Rawdon Brown, and Major edit. Zen. p. 4), the first name on the List of com- 

 manders on vo\ ages from Venice to Flanders, — continued "down to 1533," and preserved in the 

 Venetian archives. 



" In this year" (Major edit. Bethenc. p. xii), by a treaty, Denis king of Portugal securing a 

 Genoese, Emmanuele Pezagno, as hereditary admiral of his fleet, he and his successors to make unfail- 

 in" provision of twenty experienced Genoese captains to command the king's galleys. 



" 1318 A. D. (=718 A. H." of Ferisht., Elph.), Harpal, the insurgent Mahratta chief, defeated 

 in the Deccan and captured by sultan Mobarik. Who also sending an army under Khusru, a in- 

 verted Hindu, conquered Malabar. f 



" 1319 A. D. (= 1979th of Synnui," art de verif.), abdication of Fannasono in favour of Daigo II. 

 or Go-Daigo, younger brother of Nidsio II., and now dairo of Japan. 



" 1320 A. D." (Alst.), at Frankfort, an assembly of the principal men of the Empire, Louis II. 

 Bavarus being present. "Against the insolence of the pope." 



"The same year" (Alst. p. 307), the Turks, crossing the Hellespont, first enter Europe. 



" 1321 A D. = 'tchi-tchi,' 1st year of Yng-tsoung II., of the Youan" or Twenty-second dynasty 

 — (Chinese chron. table). 



* Aucuba Japonica of Central Asia. A spotted-leaved shrub called in China " ising-mou " or 

 " thsing-mou " green-wood (Rem.) ; but the " tsing-mou " found according to Ma-touan-lin in Ki-pin 

 (Cophene) and Po-sse — (Persia), is regarded by Remusat mel. iii. 21 r to 251 as not certainly belong- 

 ing here : A. Japonica was observed by Thunberg planted for ornament in Japan. Transported to 

 Europe, is described by Lamarck ill. pi. 759 ; and from Europe was carried to Northeast America, 

 where it continues in greenhouses. 



RIius sylvestris of Eastern Asia and Japan. The wild wax tree, perhaps the " arbres a cire '' 

 abounding according to Ma-touan-lin in the country of the An-thsai — (Asii or Asiani according to 

 Remusat mel. iii. 23')) : R. sylvestris is known to grow in Japan (Jap. centen. comm. $d). 



f Bragantia U'allichii of Western Hindustan. An Aristolochioid shrub three to four feet high 

 called in Malabar " alpam " (Drur.) ; in which we recognize the " alpam " of the Malabar proverb 

 "As soon as alpam root enters the body poison leaves," — mentioned by Bartolomeo : B. Wallichii 

 was observed byRheedevi.pl. 28 in Malabar; by Nimmo, in "S. Concan, rare" (Graham 250) 

 nearly as far as Bombay; by Wight, and Drury, as far as Travancore and Wjnaad. 



