146 CHRONOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



The North American locust, Robinia pseudacacia, is figured by Cor- 

 nuti (64), A. D. 1635. — The tree, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is 

 now planted in gardens at Cairo. 



According to Sprengel, The Eleusine coracana was seen in Egypt by 

 Vesling, A. D. 1638; and in Malta, by Cavallini. — This grain is abun- 

 dantly cultivated in Hindostan and on the Eastern coast of Africa; 

 but is no longer to be found in Egypt. 



In "A. D. 1640," the accession of Ibrahim, the ninth Turkish sultan 

 who ruled Egypt, took place. Coins issued at Cairo during his reign, 

 are figured by Marcel, p. 219. 



In "A. D. 1648" (Marcel), the accession of Mohammed IV., the 

 tenth Turkish sultan who ruled Egypt, took place. 



According to Aiton, The Celtis Occidentalis was discovered in Virginia 

 by Tradescant, and was introduced into England in A. D. 1656. — It 

 is enumerated by Clot-Bey and Figari, among the trees now planted 

 in the gardens of Egypt. 



According to Sprengel, The ipecacuanha plant (Psychotria emetica) 

 is described by Piso and Marcgrave, A. D. 1658. — Forskal (Mat. Med.) 

 speaks of the importation of ipecacuanha by the way of Europe into 

 Egypt. 



The "camara" figured by Piso and Marcgrave, p. 177, is clearly the 

 Lantana camara. — This shrub, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is 

 now planted in the gardens of Egypt.* 



According to Cornuti and Beckmann, The Amaryllis Sarnlensls first flowered in Eu- 

 rope in A. D. 1634. — The plant was ascertained by Kaempfer to be a native of Japan ; 

 it appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



The Ampelopsls hederacea, of North America, is figured by Cornuti, 41. — This orna- 

 mental vine was seen by Sibthorp at Constantinople ; but appears to have remained 

 unknown in Egypt. 



The trumpet-Jioiccr (Bignonia radicans), a native of North America, is figured by Cor- 

 nuti, 42. — The plant appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



The Datura stramonium is figured by T. Johnson (Ger. Emen., p. 348), A. D. 1636. 

 — The plant has become naturalized in Europe; and was seen in Greece by Sibthorp and 

 Bory de St. Vincent; but it appears to have remained unknown in Egypt and Hindostan. 



The " rosa Batavico Jndica" seen by Bontius in Java, is referred by Piso and others 

 to the Hibiscus rosa- Sinensis. — This has become a common greenhouse plant; but it 

 appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



* According to Sprengel, The Amaranthus vlrldls is described by Piso and Marcgrave, 

 241. — It is mentioned by Graham, as a common weed in Hindostan : but appears to have 

 remained unknown in Egypt. 



According to Linnaeus and Persoon, The Melianthus major was introduced into Europe 



