INDEX. 



Psittacus, 65. 



Psoralea bituminosa, 60. 



Psoralea Palsestina, 60. 



Psychotria emetica, 146. 



Ptychotis ajowan, 68. 



Pulex, 37. 



Pumpkin, 142. 



Punic, or Phoenician, inscriptions, 67. 



Punica granatum, 14. 



Purslain, 75. 



Pyramids, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 123. 



Pyretbrum parthenium, 126. 



Pyretbrum root, 84. 



Pyrus communis, 26. 



Pyrus malus, 39. 



Quamamil, 88. 



Quarries, at Tura, 11, 51 ; at Massara, 21 



at Silsilis, 26 ; at Philfe, 98. 

 Quercus, 28. 

 Quercus suber, 58. 

 Quicksilver, 65. 

 Quince, 42. 



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Rabbit, 18. 



Radish, 111. 



Rafts of eartben jars, 9. 



Railroads, 153. 



Ranunculus Asiaticus, 91. 



Ranunculus sceleratus, 70. 



Rape-seed, 59. 



Rapbanus rapbanistrum, 59. 



Raphanus sativus, 111 ; var. oleifer., 59. 



Rat, 138, 139. 



Rattans, 144. 



Reaping grain, 10. 



Red cbalk, 11. 



Reed, 11. 



Registry of deeds, 86. 



Religions, foreign, introduced into Egypt, 



20, 26, 93, 107, 120. 

 Reseda luteola, 87. 



phyteuma, 67. 

 Resedacese, numerous in Egypt, 3. 

 Revival of literature, 134. 

 Rbagadiolus edulis, 80. 

 Rbamnus infectorius, 92. 

 Rheum, the drug rhubarb, 106. 

 Rheum Rhaponticum, 80 

 Rheum ribes, 116. 

 Rhine, the river, 94. 

 Rhododendron lepidotum, 113. 

 Rhone, the river, 46. 

 Rhubarb, the garden, 80. 

 Rhubarb, the drug, 106. 

 Rhus coriarea, 67. 

 Rhus cotinus, 53. 

 Ribes floriduni, 150. 

 Ribes gracile, 144. 

 Ribes grossularia, 134. 

 Ribes nigrum, 138. 

 Ribes rubrum, 138. 

 Rice, 73. 



Ricinus communis, 61. 

 River-flats of the Nile, 3. 

 Robinia pseudacacia, 146. 

 Rocket, Brassica eruca, 76. 

 Rome, 24, 25, 26, 83, 99; date of the 



building of, 99, 160. 

 Rosacese, rare in Egypt, 3. 

 Rosaries, 25. 

 Rose, 40. 

 Rosemary, 33. 

 Rosetta stone, 83, 85, 159. 

 Rosmarinus officinalis, 33 

 Rubia tinctorum, 68. 

 Rubus fruticosus, 45. 

 Rue, 64. 



Rumex acetosa, 84. 

 Rumex acetosella, 84. 

 Rumex obtusifolius, 79 

 Rumex patientia, 57. 

 Rumex roseus, 39. 

 Ruscus bypophyllum. 

 Rushes, 11. 

 Russia, 151. 

 R,uta graveolens, 64. 

 Ruta Halepensis, 64. 

 Rye, 10, 42. 



