OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 



797 



remained in charge of the tombs, and the Mohammedans acquired foothold. — The tombs of the prin- 

 cess and three of her relatives continue to be pointed out. 



In this year (= " 21st year houng-wou of Tai-tsou," Remus, iii. 94) tribute of perfumes and 

 "twenty-eight" elephants with their attendants sent to China from Cambodia. 



" 1389, Feb. (= 792 A. H., Zi Haj " of Ferisht, Elph.), Gheias-u-din Toghlak II. succeeded by 

 Abubekr Toghlak, now eighteenth sultan of Delhi. 



" In this year" (Relation du Groenl. 211), queen Margaret having united Norway and Denmark, 

 and Henry bishop of Garde assisting in the assembly of the states in Denmark : certain merchants, 

 accused of going to Greenland without leave and taking the queen's taxes, escaped punishment by 

 making oath that they were driven there by a storm and brought away only purchased merchandise. 



— The affair however tended greatly to discourage intercourse with Greenland. Sweden was also 

 united with Norway and Denmark by queen Margaret. 



"Nov. 2d" (Alst., and Nicol.), Urbanus VI. succeeded by cardinal Peter Tomacelli, now Boni- 

 facius IX., forty-seventh pope. Charles V. ruling France. 



" In this year (= 22d year houng-wou of Tai-tsou," Remus, iii. 94), tribute thrice sent to China 

 from Cambodia. 



''The same year" (Clavig, and Humb. atl. pict.), Acamapitzin succeeded by Huitzilihuatl, second 

 Mexican emperor.* 



Hibiscus sabdariffa of Mexico. The rnselle is a large annual, called in Mexican "quauhxocoit " 



— (Hern.) : was observed by Descourtilz growing naturally in the West Indies, but by Swartz, and 

 Macfadyen, only under cultivation. Transported to Europe is termed "sabdariffa" (the Turkish 

 name according to Drury) by Lobel hist., "alcea americana" by Clusius rar. iv. 14. Said to grow 

 also naturally in Guinea (Desc ) : observed by Grant on the Upper Nile, cultivated in Unyoro 2° 

 N. and Ugani 3 for its seeds, bark, and leaves, its seeds roasted and eaten by the Wagani, its bark 

 making beautiful but short cordage, and its leaves eaten as " spinage in the Land of the Moon, called 

 there ' tocos'was.'" Farther East, is clearly an introduced plant in Hindustan, is called in Malabar 

 "polechee," in Bengalee "mesta" (Drur.) ; was observed by Wight, and Graham, under cultivation, 

 "jellies, tarts, etc. are made of the calyxes and capsules freed from the seeds," and according to 

 Drury is planted for its fibre in Rajahmundry ; by Mason, "exotic" in Burmah but "very widely 

 diffused " and called " them-bau-khyen-boung," its " sour calyx '' making " a fine flavoured jelly, and 

 preserve, which is a good substitute for cranberries." 



" In this year" (geogr. Chin, transl. Klapr. 37), Tchhang king of Corea dethroned by one of his 

 guards Li-tchhing-kouei, and succeeded by Yao of the Wang family, f 



"1390, August (= 793 A. H. Ramzan " of Ferisht, Elph.), Abubekr Toghlak succeeded by 

 Nasir-u-din Toghlak, now nineteenth sultan of Delhi. 



" In this year (= 23d year houng-wou of Tai-tsou," Remus, iii. 94), tribute sent to China from 

 Cambodia. 



" In or about this year (Tourn. trav. ii. 386), at the demand of Bajazet, cadis established at 

 Constantinople, to adjudicate in cases arising between the Greeks and Turks. 



" 1391 A. D." (Giles six engl. chron.), a license to visit Rome obtained by Ricardus of Ciren- 

 cester, after forty-one years service as a monk in the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter, West- 

 minster. 



" 1392 A. D." (geogr. Chin, transl. Klapr. p. 37), Yao dethroned by Li-tchhing-kouei, who under 

 the name of Tan now established himself king of Corea. He sent an embassy to the emperor of 

 China, who restored the title Tchao-sian, which Corea bore when ruled by the Wang dynasty. " At 

 this time" (Dallet p. xiii), the use of the Chinese calendar and Chronology was imposed on the 



* Hoitzia coccinea of Mexico. With other species called " huitzitziltzin " (Pers.), and from early 

 times : — known to grow here and there in Mexico, and frequent near Guanajuato (Cav. vi. pi. 365, 

 and Lam. ill.). 



Helonias frigida of the alpine summits of the mountains of Mexico. Called "savoeja," and from 

 early times known to be poisonous : — growing on the alpine portion of Orizaba ; "horses that eat it 

 become stupified" (Schlecht. in Linn. vi. 46, and Lindl.). 



t Ginkgo biloba of Japan. In Corea, besides the grave of Khi-tsu, a grove according to the 

 traditionary account planted by Khi-tsu, consisting of trees having the trunk of the fir with elm-like 

 leaves that are eaten in times of scarcity. G. biloba was observed by Thunberg in Japan, and is 

 enumerated by him among the plants furnishing oil for eating and burning. Westward, a large tree, 

 referred to the Juan dynasty, was seen by Bunge near the temple of Tan-dshe-ssy in Northern China 

 (acad. petersb. 1S35). Transported to Northeast America, a tree has continued in flourishing con- 

 dition in Boston more than forty years. 



