150 CHRONOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS 



fourteenth Turkish sultan who ruled Egypt, took place. Coins issued 

 at Cairo during his reign, are figured by Marcel, p. 225. 



In the same year, the Polygonum Orlentale is said to have been 

 brought from the Levant by Tournefort. — The plant was seen by 

 Delile in gardens at Cairo* 



In "A. D. 1707" (Marcel, p. 221), a change took place in the in- 

 ternal affairs of Egypt. The authority of the pasha sent from Con- 

 stantinople became chiefly nominal; while from this time, the adminis- 

 tration was really conducted by the Schekh-el-beled, Ismael-Bey, and 

 his successors in the office. 



According to Aiton, The Pelargonium zonale, a native of Austral 

 Africa, was introduced into the English gardens in A. D. 1710. — The 

 plant is figured by Cavanilles : and is enumerated by Clot-Bey and 

 Figari, as cultivated for ornament in the gardens of Egypt. 



The Momordica pedata is figured by Feuillee (who returned from Peru 

 in A. D. 1711). — The plant was seen by Delile in gardens at Cairo.f 



According to Sprengel, The Poa pilosa is described by Scheuchzer, 

 A. D. 1719. — The plant has not been found in Greece; but was re- 

 ceived from Italy by Linnseus ; and was seen by Delile, growing spon- 

 taneously at Cairo. 



The catalpa (Bignonia catalpa) is figured by Catesby (who returned 

 from Carolina in A. D. 1726). — The tree, according to Clot-Bey and 

 Figari, has been recently introduced into Egypt. J 



In "A. D. 1730," the accession of Mahmood, the fifteenth Turkish 

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

 reign, are figured by Marcel, p. 229. § 



* The Tritlcum repens is described by Tournefort. — The plant was seen by Forskal at 

 Constantinople; and according to Sibthorp, is common in Greece; but it appears to have 

 remained unknown in Egypt. 



■f" According to Sprengel, The Nicandra pJiysalodes is figured by Feuillee. — The plant 

 has become naturalized in the United States and in Hindostan ; but appears to have re- 

 mained unknown in Greece and Egypt. 



| The Hordeum jubntum is figured by J. C. Buxbaum ; who met with it, growing 

 spontaneously at Smyrna. — The plant was again seen at Smyrna by Sibthorp; and on the 

 island of Milo by D'Urville; but appears to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



§ The Aster Chinensis is figured by Dillenius, A. D. 1732, and by Knorr. — The plant 

 has become common in gardens; and was seen by Forskal at Constantinople; but appears 

 to have remained unknown in Egypt. 



The North American black currant, Ribes Jloridum, is figured by Dillenius. — The plant 

 has become common in gardens ; but appears to have remained unknown in Greece and 

 Egypt. 



