ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 71 



and Delile in Egypt ; where, moreover, it is used medicinally, as ap- 

 pears from Forskal, p. lv. 



The aptemisia of the treatises " De Nat. Mul." 29, " De Superfcet." 

 19, and " 1 De Mul. Morb." 31, and of Dioscorides and Galen, is 

 referred by Sibthorp to the Artemisia arhoresce) is. — This plant is in- 

 digenous in the Grecian Archipelago ; and was seen by Delile, culti- 

 vated in gardens at Cairo. 



The EniGTMON of the treatises "De Intern. Affect." 10, and " 2 De 

 Morb. Mulier." 9, and of Dioscorides, Pliny, and Paulus iEgineta, is 

 usually referred to the dodder (Cuscuta). — This plant, according to F. 

 Adams, is distinctly described by Serapion. Forskal (Mat. Med.) found 

 "cuscuta" seeds used medicinally by the Egyptians; and the C. 

 Europea and C. monogyna, are enumerated by Delile among the weeds 

 of Egypt. 



The medicinal apakontion of the treatises " De Int. Affect." 1, and 

 " De Steril." 17, of Theophrastus vii. 11, and the " dracunculus having 

 a convoluted root" of Pliny xxiv. 91, may be compared with the 

 Polygonum bistorta ; an indigenous plant of Greece and other parts of 

 Europe. — Forskal (Mat. Med.) mentions the medicinal use in Egypt 

 of imported "bistorta" root; and Clot-Bey and Figari speak of the 

 recent introduction there of the living plant. 



The ahztoaoxia of the treatises "De Int. Affect." 25, " 3 De Morbis" 

 23, and "2 De Mul. Morb." 79, and of Theophrastus, Nicander, Diosco- 

 rides, Pliny, and Paulus ^Egineta, is admitted to be one or more of 

 the European species of Aristolochia. — Forskal (Mat. Med.) mentions 

 the importation and medicinal use of " aristolochia" root in Egypt. 



The bpomoz, mentioned as an article of food in the treatise " 2 De 

 Diseta" 12, and noticed by Theophrastus, Polemon, and Athengeus xi. 

 56, according to Zalikoglous' account of the Greek usage, is the culti- 

 vated oat (Avena sativa); a grain mentioned also by Pliny xviii. 44, 

 as used for food by the Germans. — The A. sativa was seen by Bory 

 de St. Vincent, cultivated and naturalized in Greece ; and according 

 to Clot-Bey and Figari, has a native name, and is now cultivated for 

 feeding cattle in Egypt. 



The stptxnos of the treatises " 2 De Diasta" 25, and " De Int. 

 Aff." 30, appears to be the "strychnos ypnodes" of Theophrastus 

 and Dioscorides, referred by Sibthorp and others to the Physalis somni- 

 fera. — This plant was seen by Forskal and Delile, growing spontane- 

 ously at Alexandria and Cairo. 



