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digitata) at the River Senegal. — The fruit (brought down the Nile) is 

 figured by Alpinus ; and according to Forskal and Delile, is sold in 

 the drug shops of Cairo. 



In " A. D. 1461," the accession of Achmed Abu-1-Fetah, the thirty- 

 third Memluk sultan of Egypt, took place. His name occurs on a coin 

 figured by Marcel, p. 185. 



In the same year, the accession of Koschkadam, the thirty-fourth 

 Memluk sultan of Egypt, took place. He was by birth a Greek. 



In "A. D. 1467," the accession of Belbay, the thirty-fifth Memluk 

 sultan of Egypt, took place. In the same year, he was succeeded by 

 Timar Bogha. 



In " A. D. 1468," the accession of Kayt-Bay, the thirty-seventh 

 Memluk sultan of Egypt, took place. He built at Cairo the small 

 but remarkable mosque which bears his name (Clot-Bey, xv. 2). 



According to Sprengel, The Verbena officinalis is figured in the Hor- 

 tus Sanitatis of Jo. Van Cube, and by Brunfels. — The plant is also 

 noticed by Belon, Matthioli, and Lobel ; was seen in Greece by Sib- 

 thorp ; and I found it common in waste ground in Lower Egypt. The 

 V. supina is noticed by Dodonaeus and Lobel ; and was seen by Sib- 

 thorp in Asia Minor, and by Forskal and Delile at Cairo. The 

 aspect of these plants does not well accord with the Mediterranean 

 vegetation. 



The " rosam moscheuton" of Hermolaus Barbarus, may be compared 

 with the Hibiscus abehnoschus. — This plant was seen by Alpinus and 

 Delile in gardens at Cairo.* 



The Cassia sophera was probably known in Egypt during the Early 

 Muslim Period. — The plant was seen by Alpinus, Forskal, and Delile, 

 in gardens at Cairo ; by Browne, in Darfour ; and by Graham, in Hindo- 

 stan. 



The Kalanchoe JEgyptiaca was probably known in Egypt during 

 the Early Muslim Period. — It is enumerated by Forskal, Delile and 



* The " cotula " of Hermolaus Barbarus and Matthioli, may he compared with the 

 Anthemis cotula. — This plant, according to Sprengel, is noticed by Brunfels and Fuch- 

 sius : it was seen in Greece by Bory de St. Vincent, but appears to have remained un- 

 known in Egypt. 



The Chenopodium. bonus Henricus is said to have been cultivated in Europe during 

 the Early Muslim Period. — The plant was seen by Sibthorp in Greece ; but appears to 

 have remained unknown in Egypt. 



