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412 PHYSICAL HISTORY OF MAN. 



Physalis alkekengi, is figured by Mathioli. And according to Clot- 

 Bey and Figari, the plant has been recently introduced into Egypt. 



Cleonie penlajjhylla, according to Cailliaud, is cultivated as an escu- 

 lent in Dongola. Clot-Bey and Figari, enumerate the C. penta- 

 phylla, among the plants employed in Egypt for feeding cattle. 



Urtica nivea, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, has been recently in- 

 troduced from the Montpellier Garden, and is successfully culti- 

 vated in Egypt. 



Phormium teyiax, the Nev^ Zealand flax, according to Clot-Bey and 

 Figari, has been recently introduced into Egypt from the Montpel- 

 lier Garden. 



Polygonum historta^ is enumerated by Clot-Bey and Figari, among the 

 plants recently introduced into Egypt. 



Polygonum tinctorium, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, has been 

 recently introduced into Egypt from the Montpellier Garden. 



Helianthus anriuus, is figured by Mathioli ; and is enumerated by 

 Forskal and others, among the garden plants of Egypt. 



Nicotiana tabacum, is figured by Camerarius. Tobacco, according to 

 Lane, v\^as introduced into the East, about a. d. 1600. It is a re- 

 markable circumstance, that the peculiarity in the customs of society 

 which more than any other marks the present age, should have been 

 taught by the aboriginals of America. 



Nicotiana rustica, is figured by Mathioli. According to Delile and 

 others, this and the preceding species of Nicotiana, are cultivated 

 in Egypt. 



hantana camara, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is cultivated in 



the gardens of Egypt. 

 Aloysia citriodora, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, is cultivated in 



the gardens of Egypt. 

 TropcEolum majus, according to Delile and others, is cultivated in the 



gardens of Egypt. 

 Dahlia pinnata, according to Clot-Bey and Figari, was introduced 



by the French into Egypt. 

 Pelargonium zonale, is enumerated by Clot-Bey and Figari, among 



the garden plants of Egypt. 

 Pelargonium capitatum, is enumerated by Clot-Bey and Figari, among 



the garden plants of Egypt. 

 Passiflora ccerulea, is enumerated by Forskal, Delile, and others, 



among the garden plants of Egypt. 

 Poinciana pulcherrima, is now frequent in the gardens of Cairo. The 



