ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 69 



Clot-Bey and Figari, its field culture has been only recently practised 

 in Egypt. 



The seseai of Hippocrates (De Vict. Acut, 12), may be compared 

 with the " pimpinella," enumerated by Forskal (Mat. Med.) as im- 

 ported and used medicinally in Egypt.* 



In Egypt, according to Forskal, the Vicia lutea is called " bachra ;" 

 in which word we recognise, the nxros of Anaxandrides, Alexis, Pha- 

 nias, Theophrastus, and Athenaeus ii. 44 and iv. 7. 



The AAerros of Anaxandrides, Alexis, Theophrastus, and Athenceus 

 ii. 44 and iv. 7, may be compared with the Lathyrus sativus. — This 

 plant was seen in Upper Egypt by Delile ; and Clot-Bey and Figari 

 state, that it is " cultivated there, and the seeds given to cattle." 



The aoaixos of Anaxandrides, Athenasus iv. 7, and others, accord- 

 ing to Aretoeus, is "by some called aoboz;" and in the latter word, 

 we recognise the "loubieh" of Egypt, Doliclios lubia. 



The kojpiannon of Anaxandrides, Antiphanes, Zeno, Xenocrates, 

 Athenaaus ii. 77 and iv. 47, and Macer Floridus 29, according to the 

 received opinion and Sibthorp's account of the Greek usage, is the 

 coriander (Coriandrum sativum). — Pliny states, that "the best corian- 

 drum comes from Egypt ;" where, at the present day, the C. sativum 

 is abundantly cultivated. 



The sorxos of Antiphanes, Matron, Hegesander, and Athenaeus ii. 

 56 and vi. 57, according to the received opinion and Sibthorp's account 

 of the Greek usage, is the Sonclws oleraceus. — Forskal, Delile, and 

 others, enumerate the S. oleraceus among the weeds of Egypt. 



The KimoN of Antiphanes, Eriphus, Phanias of Eresus, Juba, and 

 Athenasus hi. 26, may be compared with the sweet lemon, or true 

 citron (Citrus Medica). — Theoprfrastus describes the "melon medikon 

 and persikon" as "having thorns, and bearing at all seasons a fruit 

 which is not eaten;" and Dioscorides adds, that " the fruit is oblong;" 

 particulars, agreeing with the sweet lemon. That the sweet lemon 

 preceded the other species of Citrus in the Mediterranean countries, 

 may also be inferred, from its being almost the only kind cultivated 

 along the Persian Gulf. 



* The KOAOKTN0H ArTIH of Hippocrates (as quoted by Galen), and of the treatise 

 " 2 De Mill. Morb. 108," according to Sibthorp's account of the Greek usage, would 

 seem to be the Bryonia dioica and B. Cretica. — These are indigenous plants of Greece 

 and other parts of Europe ; but I have met with no evidence of their being known in 

 Egypt. 



