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in the gardens of Egypt ; and Delile met with seeds in the drug shops 

 at Cairo. 



According to C. Bauhin, Willdenow, and Chaubard, The sainfoin 

 (Onobrychis sativa) is noticed by Gesner, Dodonseus, Thalius, and 

 Lobel. — The plant appears to have been first employed for agricultural 

 purposes about a century later. It was seen in Greece by Bory de 

 St. Vincent ; and according to Clot-Bey and Figari, has been recently 

 introduced into Egypt.* 



The Melia azedarach is figured by Matthioli. — The tree was seen by 

 Eauwolf and Hasselquist in Palestine ; and by Forskal and Delile, in 

 gardens at Cairo. 



According to Sprengel, The Dracocephalum Moldavicum, a native of 

 Siberia, is figured by Matthioli. — The plant, according to Clot-Bey and 

 Figari, has been recently introduced by the way of France into Egypt. 



According to Sprengel, The Ligusticum Peloponnense is noticed by 

 Matthioli. — The plant grows wild on the mountains of Carniolia ; but 

 has not been found in Greece ; and according to Clot-Bey and Figari, 

 has only recently been introduced into Egypt. 



In " A. D. 1566," the accession of Selim II., the third Turkish sul- 

 tan who ruled Egypt, took place. 



An account of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus) was sent by Cor- 

 tusi to Matthioli, and was published in A. D. 1568. — The sunflower 

 is also figured by Dodonseus and Monardes; and is enumerated by 

 Forskal, Delile, and Clot-Bey, among the garden plants of Egypt. 



The Narcissus jonquilla is noticed by Dodonseus, A. D. 1569 ; and 

 also by Linnaeus. — The plant is supposed to be a native of Spain : it 



* The Abutilon vulgare is noticed by Gesner, Anguillara, Matthioli, Dodonseus, Came- 

 rarius, and C. Bauhin. — The plant has become naturalized in some parts of Europe ; but 

 appears to have remained unknown in Greece and Egypt. 



The " alsine glutinosa " of Gesner, and the " auricula muris " of Dodonseus, are referred 

 by C. Bauhin and Willdenow to the Cerastium viscosum and C. vulgatum. — These are 

 enumerated by Sibthorp and Bory de St. Vincent as common weeds in Greece ; but no 

 species of Cerastium has hitherto been observed in Egypt. 



The Periploca Grseca is noticed by Gesner, Matthioli, Lobel, Camerarius, Clusius, and 

 C. Bauhin. — The plant does not well accord with European vegetation. It was seen 

 by Sibthorp in hedges in Northern Greece ; and according to Persoon, is found in Syria ; 

 but it appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



The Hyacinthus Orientulis, supposed to have been brought from Constantinople, is 

 noticed by Gesner, Matthioli, Dodonaeus, Castor Durantes, Lobel (who first saw it " in 

 A. D. 1562"), and C. Bauhin. — The plant was seen in Greece by Bory de St. Vincent 

 and Gittard ; but appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



