PRINCIPAL PLANTS OF ECONOMIC VALUE. 187 



Common Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Native Country. 



Vegetable Egg 



Luctcma mammosa 



Tropical America and 



Tree, or Na- 





N.W. Australia 



tural Marma- 







lade 







Vegetable Mar- 



Cucurbito Pepo, var. Ovifera 



Astrachan 



row 







Walnut 



Juglans regia 



Europe and Asia 



Wampee 



Cookia punctata 



China and Indian Archi- 

 pelago 



Water Melon 



Cucumis citrullus 



Levant 



Zante Currant 



Vitis vinifera {variety) 



Mediterranean 



3. SPICE AND CONDIMENT PLANTS, Etc. 



Anise 



Pimpinella Anisum 



South Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa 



Basil 



Ocimum Basilicnm 



Tropical Africa, India 



Black Pepper 



Piper nigrtim 



East Indies 



Caper 



Capparis spinosa 



South Europe, Asia, 

 and Africa 



Caraway Seed 



Carum Carui 



Europe and Asia 



Cayenne, or Red 



Capsicum annuum, etc. 



E. and W. Indies and 



Pepper 





S. America 



Cinnamon 



Cinnamomum zeylanicum 

 and C. verum 



India and Ceylon 



Clove 



Caryophyllus aromaticus 



Moluccas 



Coriander 



Coriandi'um sativum 



S. Europe and Asia 



Fennel 



Famictdum vulgare 



Mediterranean 



Ginger 



Zingiber officinale 



Tropical Asia 



Lavender 



Lavandula vera 



South Europe, Asia, 

 and North Africa 



Marjoram 



Origanums Majorana and 



Europe, Asia, and 





vulgare 



Africa 



Mint 



Mentha viridis 



Europe, Asia, and 

 North America 



Nutmeg 



Myristica fragrans 



Indian Archipelago 



