ON INTRODUCED ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 143 



vated in Egypt, as appears from Clot-Bey and Figari ; and its Egyp- 

 tian name indicates, that the plant was received from Sennaar. 



The Laurns sassafras is figured by Monardes ; who states, that it 

 was known to him in A. D. 1571, and was brought from Florida. — 

 Forskal enumerates "sassafra" wood among the articles of the Egyptian 

 Materia Medica; imported by the way of Greece. 



In " A. D. 1574," the accession of Amurath III., or Murad III., the 

 fourth Turkish sultan who ruled Egypt, took place. Robbers having 

 become numerous among the population of Egypt, the pasha sent 

 by him, is said to have decapitated not less than "ten thousand" 

 (Marcel, p. 200). Coins issued at Cairo during the reign of Murad 

 III., are figured by Marcel, p. 202. 



According to Lobel, The Convolvulus alihceoides is described by Clu- 

 sius. — The plant was seen by Sibthorp in Greece ; by myself, at 

 Malta ; and by Delile, at Alexandria.* 



According to Sprengel, the weeping ivillow (Salix Babylonica) was 

 seen by Rauwolf in Palestine. — Forskal and Delile met with the 

 tree in Egypt ; where it is now common in gardens. 



According to Barcia and Sprengel, The Passifiora ccerulea is de- 

 scribed by Martinus del Barco, A. D. 1581. — The plant was seen by 

 Forskal at Constantinople ; and by Forskal, Delile, and others, in gar- 

 dens at Cairo. 



The Balanites was seen at Cairo by Alpinus in A. D. 1583, and 

 subsequently by Vesling. — The tree (according to Figari and Lloyd) 

 has disappeared from Lower Egypt : it was seen in Upper Egypt 

 by Vansleb, Lippi, and Delile; and by Cailliaud, growing along the 

 Nile from Sennaar to Fazoglo. In Darfour, Browne found the tree 

 regarded as brought from Arabia : it was seen in Arabia by Forskal 

 ("haledj," p. 197) ; but having also been seen in Hindostan by Royle, 

 in Senegal by Adanson, and in St. Domingo by Poiteau, some doubt 

 has arisen as to the true place of origin.f 



The " magnae admirationis herba Peruviana" of Lobel, Tabernseinon- 

 tanus, and Clusius (Hist. ii. p. 87), is referred by C. Bauhin and Will- 



* According to Linnseus and Persoon, The Primus laurocerasus was introduced into 

 Europe in A. D. 1576. — The tree is figured by Camerarius; and was seen in Greece by 

 Sibthorp ; but it appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



■j" The " quamoclit" of Caesalpinus, Camerarius, and Clusius, is referred by C. Bauhin 

 and others to the Ipomcea quamoclit. — I found this plant cultivated in gardens at Bom- 

 bay; but I have met with no evidence, that it is known in Egypt. 



