ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 89 



to refer the atkion to this plant ; but we are uninformed in regard to 

 any medicinal juice procured from the root. 



The argemonia of Celsus v. 27, is by some writers referred to the 

 Agrimonia. — This plant was seen in Greece by Sibthorp ; and Alpinus 

 and Forskal (Mat. Med.), speak of the importation and medicinal use 

 of "agrimonia" in Egypt. 



The petroselinum of Celsus, Dioscorides, Pliny, Galen, and Paulus 

 iEgineta, is referred by F. Adams to the stone parsley (Bubon Mace- 

 donicum). — This plant was seen by Belon in the market at Constan- 

 tinople ; but appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



The pstllion of Celsus v. 2, Dioscorides, Pliny, and Galen, is usually 

 referred to the Plantago psyllium; and Sibthorp's account of the Greek 

 usage corresponds. — The imported seeds were seen by Delile in the 

 drug shops at Cairo. 



In " A. D. 37," the accession of Caius Caligula, the third Roman 

 Emperor, took place. — His name in hieroglyphic characters has been 

 found on temples at Talmis in Nubia, at Philge, and at Dendera : and 

 at the last-mentioned place, a Greek inscription contains the name of 

 his prefect, Publius Avilius Flaccus. One of the obelisks at Rome, 

 was brought from Egypt by Caius Caligula (see Pliny xvi. 76, 2). 



In " A. D. 41," the accession of Claudius, the fourth Roman Empe- 

 ror, took place. His name in hieroglyphic characters has been found 

 on temples at Philae, Edfu, Esneh, and Dendera. A Greek inscription, 

 dated in the ninth year of his reign, was discovered by Hoskins in the 

 Great Oasis. 



■ With the reign of Claudius commences that celebrated Series of 

 Egyptian coins, which has rendered so much service to the historian 

 and chronologer : each coin specifying the year of the reigning 

 emperor ; a variety of coins, being often issued within a single year ; 

 while nearly every year is accounted for. 



The zizyphus of Columella and Pliny, according to the received 

 opinion, and the account of the usage in Greece by Sibthorp, and in 

 Lebanon by Rauwolf, is the jujube (Zizyphus vulgaris). — This tree, 

 according to Forskal, Clot-Bey, and others, is often planted around 

 the Egyptian villages. 



In " A. D. 54," the accession of Nero, the fifth Roman Emperor, 

 took place. His name occurs in hieroglyphic characters on the temple 

 at Dendera : and an inscription relating to his prefect Balbillus, has 

 been found near the Great Sphinx at Gizeh. 



