868 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



Oviedo in the West Indies — (Marcgr. 94) ; by Sloane, P. Brown, and Macfadyen, wild on Jamaica; 

 by Descourtilz, both wild- and cultivated in the West Indies; by Splitgerber, perhaps indigenous in 

 the woods of Surinam ; by Martins, wild in the forest on the Lower Amazon. By European colonists, 

 was carried to Southern Brazil (Vellozo, A. Saint-Hil., and Mart.) ; and Westward across the Pacific 

 to the Philippines, where it is called in Tagalo " ates," in Bisaya " yates " (Blanco) ; to the neigh- 

 bouring islands (Rumph. i. 139) ; to Anam and Tropical China (Lour.) ; to Burmah, called there 

 "au-za" (Mason); to Hindustan, observed by Rheede iii. pi. 29 in Malabar, called there "atta- 

 marum," in Hindustanee " ata," in Bengalee "loona" or " meba," in Tamil " sita-pullum " (Drur.), 

 in the environs of Bombay " seeta-phul," now " very generally cultivated all over India," and natural- 

 ized, growing " without any care" (Graham, and Royle) ; to Eastern Equatorial Africa, observed by 

 myself on Zanzibar; to Yemen, called there " s'ferdjel hindi " Indian quince (Forsk.) ; to Egypt, 

 called there "keschta" coagulated milk (Hasselq., Forsk. p. 102, Del.), and according to Clot-Bey 

 ripening fruit ; to Western Equatorial Africa, occurring only under cultivation (fl. nigr. 204, and A. 

 Dec.) ; and after the visit of Forster to the islands of the Pacific, observed by myself on the Taheitian, 

 Samoan, and Tongan Islands, and in Southeast Australia. 



Jatropha curcas of the Cape Verd Islands. A large thick-stemmed shrub called physic-nut, 

 doubtless furnishing the " auellanos para purgar " seen by Oviedo nat. hyst. 80 growing on Hayti, 

 but not on Terra Firma : — J. curcas was observed by Descourtilz in the West Indies, no Carib name 

 given, by Ruiz and Pavon in Peru, by Marcgrave 97, and Martins, in Brazil, but in foliage and habit 

 appeared to me at home on the Cape Verd Islands, especially as a corresponding species belongs to 

 Southern Arabia, under the same Desert climate. Possibly without European intervention, was 

 carried to Zanzibar, observed by myself springing up spontaneously around dwellings : to Hindustan, 

 observed by Graham ''a very common shrub in Bombay and about villages throughout the Concan," 

 used " as a hedge plant ; " is called in Telinga " napalam," in Bengalee '• baghbarinda," and according 

 to Roxburgh, oil is expressed from its seeds, and its "leaves warmed and rubbed with castor oil" 

 are applied by the natives to promote suppuration : to Burmah, observed by Mason v. 509 " exotic," 

 planted for hedges, and its juice dyeing linen black : to the Philippines, called in Tagalo "tuba," in 

 Ylocano "tavatava," on Gilolo " casla," but according to the natives unknown in former times 

 (Blanco) : to China, its oil according to Lindley "boiled with oxyde of iron forms a varnish used by 

 the Chinese for covering boxes ; " its seeds or nuts are powerfully cathartic. 



" 1526 A. D." (Prior), Treveris publishing his Grete Herbal. 



" March loth," the Description of North Africa by Leo Africanus completed. 



Erodunn glaucophyllum of the Egyptian Desert. Called in Egypt "tummaejr" or "kabsjie;" 

 the "habhasis" of Leo Africanus 5, may be compared: E. glaucophyllum was received from Egypt 

 by Dillenius elth. pi. 124 (Pers.) ; and was observed by Forskal p. 123, and Delile, in the environs 

 of Cairo, growing in the Desert. 



"June 25th" (Alst), meeting of the Diet at Spires. In regard to the restoration of the church, 

 an invitation was extended to Charles V. to visit Germany; To see the condition of things, and pro- 

 cure the assembling of a general Council. And at "the close of August," the session terminated. 



"Sept. 13th " (Churchill coll.), by Alonzo de Salazar, on his way from Mexico to the Southern- 

 most Ladrone Islands, an island discovered and named by him " S. Bartholemew." 



"The same year" (Churchill coll.), by Sebastian Cabot, now in the Spanish service, the La 

 Plata river ascended "two hundred leagues " to the Paraguay branch. Continuing up this branch 

 "thirty leagues," he met with " a people that tilled the ground, which he had not seen before," and 

 was compelled by them to return (see Ilex Paraguayensis). 



In this year (Churchill, and Ciez.), arrival of a ship, sent by the governor of Panama to bring 

 back Pizarro and his companions. Pizarro drew a line on the sand, and permitted all who wished 

 to leave him: "thirteen" only remained behind. With these "thirteen," Pizarro "ten or twelve 

 days" afterwards reached Tumbez, where he heard of the city of Cuzco. Following the coast as far 

 as Santa in " S. Lat. if," he returned Northward, — and after " three years " absence arrived at 

 Panama. 



" In this year " (Garc. de la Vega), "the very year" that Pizarro " with his thirteen companions " 

 entered Peru (Ciez. Ixxvii), death of the Inca Huayna Capac. He was succeeded by his eldest son 

 Huascar ; who at his father's request permitted another son Atahuallpa to rule the kingdom of Quito. 



" 1527 A. D." (art de verif), Kasiawabara succeeded by his son Gonara, now dairo of Japam 



according to Oviedo nat. hyst. 80 are used for covering dwellings, — is referred here by Sprengel : 

 H. bihai was observed by Swartz obs. pi. 5 in the West Indies. "Transported to Europe, is described 

 by Linnaeus, and Jacq. hort. 25. 



Chamadorea gracilis of Caraccas. A palm ten feet high; described by Oviedo — (Sprenu-.) ; 

 and known to grow in Caraccas (Jacq. hort. schoenb. ii. pi. 247-8, and Pers.). 



