150 The American Naturalist, (February, 
It was included among garden plants by McMahon in 1806, 
and Burr in 1863 describes three varieties, but Jefferson speaks 
of its culture in Virginia in 1781. Its culture was introduced to 
France in 1802,” and it was described among pot-herbs by Noi- 
sette” in 1829. 
The peanut, earth nut, ground nut, grass nut, pindar, or earth 
almond, is called in France arachide, pistache de terre, souterraine, 
anchic, arachine, feve de terre, noisette de terre, pistache d Amerique, 
pois de terre; in Germany, erdnuss, erdeichel; in Italy, cece di 
terra ; in Spain, chufa, cocahueta, alfonsigo ; in Portugal, amen- 
duinas® ; in the Mauritius, pistache ® 
Birdwood" gives a Sanscrit name doochanaka ; Hindustani, 
moongphulli, booe-moong ; Tamil, vayer, nelay-cordalay ; Telinga, 
nela senaglu, veru-sanaga; in Sumatra, cachang-goring. In An- 
gola, mpinda or ginguba ;™ in Egypt, foul sennar, sennar-bean.® 
In Tagalo, mani; in Burma, myae-dat. 
PENNYROYAL. Mentha pulegium L, 
The leaves of pennyroyal are sometimes used as a condiment. 
Mawe,“ in England, in 1778, calls it a fine aromatic, and it was 
among American pot-herbs in 1806." It was in high repute 
among the ancients, and had numerous virtues ascribed to it by 
both Dioscorides and Pliny, and from the frequent reference to it 
in Anglo-Saxon and Welsh works on medicine, we may infer that 
it was much esteemed in northern Europe. It has now fallen 
into disuse. 
Pennyroyal, in old herbals puloil royal, a name derived from the 
Latin puleium regium, from its supposed efficacy in destroying 
57 Bon Jard., 1882, 685. 
58 Noisette. Man., 1829, 329. 
59 Vilmorin. Les PI. Pot., II. 
6 Bojer. Hort. Maurit., 1837, 116. 
6l Birdwood. Veg. Prod. of Bomb., 117, 299. 
6 Pickering. Ch. Hist., 736. 
6t Mawe. Gard., 1778. 
& McMahon. Am. Gard. Cal., 1806. 
66 Pharmacographia, 1779, 486. 
