PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF ECONOMIC VALUE. 183 



Common Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Native Country. 



Jerusalem Arti- 



Helianthus tuberosus 



Brazil 



choke 







Kidney Bean 



Phaseolus vulgaris 



India 



Lettuce 



Lactuca sativa 



South Asia 



Maize, or Indian 



Zea Mays 



South America 



Corn 







Oat 



A vena sativa 



Europe and Asia 



Onion 



Allium Cepa 



Unknown 



Parsley 



Petroselinum sativum 



Sardinia 



Parsnip 



Pastinaca sativa 



Britain 



Pea 



Pisum sativum 



Supposed to be South 

 Europe 



Potato 



Solatium tuberosum 



Chili and Peru 



Radish 



Raphanus sativus 



Asia 



Rhubarb 



Rheum 



a 



Rice 



Oryza sativa 



South Asia 



Sago Palm 



Sagus far in if era 



Moluccas 



Samphire 



Crilhmum maritimum 



Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa 



Sea-Kale 



Crambe maritima 



Europe and Africa 



Sorrel 



Rumex acetosa 



Europe, Asia, and North 

 America 



Spinach, or 



Spinacea oleracea 



Supposed to be Western 



Spinage 





Asia 



Sugar Cane 



Saccharum officinarum 



India, China, and South 

 Sea Islands 



Tea 



Thea chinensis 



China and Assam 



Turnip 



Brassica Rapa 



Europe 



Water Cress 



Nasturtium officinale 



?j 



Wheat 



Triticum vulgare 



South Europe and Asia 



Yam 



Dioscorea, various species 



India, China, Japan, 

 South Sea Islands, 

 West Indies, and 

 Queensland 



