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PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAN. 



Xanthium strumarium, is figured by Mathioli ; and is enumerated by 

 Forskal, Delile, and others, among the plants of Egypt, 



Psoralea PalcEstina, was seen by Delile, in the gardens of Cairo. 



Phaseolus miingo, according to Delile and others, is cultivated in 

 Upper Egypt and Nubia. 



DoUchos lablab, according to Alpinus, Forskal and others, is cultivated 

 for ornament in Egypt and Nubia. 



TrifoUum procumbens, was seen in Egypt, by Hasselquist. 



Cassia Occidentalis, was seen by Delile, in the gardens of Cairo. 



Cassia absus, is enumerated by Alpinus, Hasselquist, Delile, and 

 others, among the plants cultivated in Egypt. 



Cassia sophera, according to Delile, has a native name, and is culti- 

 vated in the gardens of Cairo. 



Rubus fructicosus, was seen in Egypt, by Delile. 



Potentilla supijia, was seen in Egypt, by Delile. 



IJrtica dioica, is enumerated by Hasselquist, and also by Clot-Bey 



and Figari, among the plants of Egypt. 

 Urtica iirens, is enumerated by Delile and others, among the weeds of 



Egypt. 



Urtica pilulif era, occurs in Egypt, according to Delile and others. 

 Veronica beccabunga, is enumerated by Clot-Bey and Figari, among 



the plants indigenous to, or at least, long known in Egypt. 

 Vei'onica anagallis, was seen in Egypt, by Delile. 

 Lamium amplexicaule, according to Delile, occurs in the cultivated 



grounds of Egypt. 

 Teucrium Iva, was seen in Egypt, by Delile. 



Verbena officinalis, is mentioned by Belon, and is figured by Mathioli. 

 The plant, is common in the waste grounds of Egypt; but the 

 genus, does not well accord with the natural vegetation of the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



Verbena supiria, occurs in Egypt, according to Forskal, and Delile. 



Zapafiianodijlora, occurs in Egypt, according to Delile and others. 



Arenaria rubra, was seen in Egypt, by Delile. 



Stellaria media, is enumerated by Hasselquist, Forskal, Delile, and 

 others, among the weeds of Egypt. 



Oxalis corniculata, is figured by Mathioli ; and is enumerated by For- 

 skal, Delile, and others, among the weeds of Egypt. 



Hibiscus abelmoschus, was seen by Delile, in the gardens of Cairo. 



Sida, spinosa, was seen in Egypt, by Delile. 



Sida mutica, was observed by Delile, in the gardens of Egypt. 



