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5. Mirabilis jalapa e . Marvel of Peru. 
This is cultivated in the gardens and walks at 
Cairo. 
6. Solanum fan&um *. The Night Shade of Egypt. 
The Egyptians call it Meringam. The fruit is 
much eaten in Egypt. 
7. Cordia myxa 8. Sebeften. 
This grows in the gardens of Egypt; the fruit 
ripens in November, and is the Sebeften of the 
ftiops. 
8. Lycium afrum h . Box Thorn. 
This grows on the banks of the Nile near 
Cairo. 
9 * Chaenopodium tegyptiacum. 
foot. 
^Egyptian Goofe- 
This grows in the ruins of Alexandria, near ths 
^oafts of the Mediterranean Sea, and flowers in 
May. The Egyptians ufe it in fallads, on account 
M its faltilh-aromatic tafte, which is agreeable. 
, a h * s polflbly made from this in other countries ; 
ut here they ufe a Fig-Marigold (Mefembryanthe- 
mum) which likewife grows in the ruins of Alex- 
andria. 
/ Lin.Syft.Nkt, P.252. N. 1. f P. 269, N. 26. SP. 273. N. 1.' 
277. N. z. 
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