ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 41 



of Claudia. He, or one of his successors bearing the same name, is sup- 

 posed by Champollion and others, to be the " Zerah" who was defeated 

 by Asa (2 Chronicles xiv. 9). 



The name of Peher, the third king of the Twenty-Second Egyptian 

 Dynasty, has been found on the monuments by Lepsius. 



The name of Userkan II., the fourth king of the Twenty-Second 

 Egyptian Dynasty, has been found on the monuments by Lepsius. 



The name of Scheschenk II., the fifth king of the Twenty-Second 

 Egyptian Dynasty, has been found on the monuments by Lepsius. 



The name of Takelet, orTiglath, the sixth king of the Twenty-Second 

 Egyptian Dynasty, has been found on the monuments ; together with 

 dates of the eleventh and fifteenth years of his reign. 



From examples already given, it will be perceived, that the names 

 of animals and plants used in Egypt are the Scriptural names. Fur- 

 ther, in some instances, these current Egyptian names go behind the 

 Greek language, supply the meaning of obsolete Greek words, and 

 show international relationship, the more intimate the further we 

 recede into antiquity. 



In Egypt, the white poplar (Populus alba), is called "hour:" the 

 AXErnis of Homer and Hesiod is but the same word softened into the 

 Greek idiom. — And at a later period, we find the tree called "leyke" 

 by the Greeks. Theophrastus expressly alludes to the presence of the 

 " leyke" in Egypt. 



The makeanhs AirEiroio of Homer, Od. vii. 106, is perhaps the Popu- 

 lus nigra (already mentioned); but may also be compared with the aspen 

 (Populus tremula). — The aspen was seen in Greece by Belon and Sib- 

 thorp ; and according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is cultivated in gardens 

 at Cairo. 



In Egypt, the chick pea (Cicer arietinum) is called " hommos :" and 

 the kyamoz of Homer can be readily identified. — The shape of the 

 seed, singularly resembling a ram's head, may account for the " kyamos" 

 being regarded unclean by the Egyptians of the time of Herodotus. 



In Egypt, the edible lupine is called " termes :" and in this word we 

 recognise the epebinooz of Homer. — Theophrastus' statement respect- 

 ing " the woody stem of the erebinthos" corresponds ; but in later times, 

 we find the Greek name transferred to a different plant. 



The MfiAr of Homer, Od. x. 302, is referred by Dioscorides and 

 Galen to the " armala ;" and may be compared with " harmal," the 

 current Egyptian name of Peganum harmala. — This is an indigenous 



