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lh y '07u c a sdrpy////b//a o f E u r o p e And Northern Asía. The KSCTpON ACTTTOKAuJNONof
Paulus Aegineta — is referred here by Turner, who further contributed an English name P a u l s b stony
(Prior-) : V. serpyllifoHa was observed by Sibthorp, around Constantinople and among grass on the
Bithynian Olympus ; is known lo grow also on Caucasus and the Himalaya mountains and throughout
Siberia (Ledeb., Wats., and Benth.). Westward from Greece, is termed “ exfragia nobilis” by
Brunfels ii. 20 (Spreng.), " v. pratensis serpyllifoHa” by Tournefort inst. 144; was observed by
Desfontaines in Alger ia; and is known to grow throughout middle and Northern Europe as far as
Lapland and Iceland (Hook., and Fries). From Asia, may have been carried by colonists, Ainos or
Russian, to the Pacific shore of America, where it was observed by Mertens at Norton Sound ; by
European colonists was carried to Madeira (Lemann) ; to Northeast America, where it has become
extensively multiplied along roadsides and in grass-grown clearings ; to the mountains of Jamaica,
where it was observed by Bertero; to the environs of cities on the Andes, Santa-Fe-de-Boo'ota,
Quito, and Quindiu (Kunth) ; to the Falkhmd Islands (Gaud., and J. D. Plook.); and to Austral
Africa (Benth., and A. Dec.).
“ In this year ( = ist of the teouug-so’ of Kao-tsoung,” h i s t Thang, and Klapr. note to geogr.
Chin ), arrival iu China of an embassy from Tan-lo (Quelpaerts Island) : where the inhabitants wqat
only skins of a kind of swine, live in huts of leather, and in winter in caves, have no cattle, but cultivate
grain by means of an instrument with iron points for harrowing the soil. — A second embassy
arrived in “ 665=: 2d year of the ‘ lin-të’ of Kao tsoung.”
“ In the reign of Saimei ” (Jap. centen. comm.' 59), the art of manufacturing P / e s brought by a
Corean to Japan.
“ 662 A. D . ” (ann. Jap., transl. Tits.), Kwo-gok or Zaï-meï succeeded by her son Ten-tsi, now
thirty-ninth dairo of Japan.
“ In the reign of the emperor Tenji ” (Jap. centen. comm. 82), folding fans invented by a native of
Tamba in Japan; the material at first employed being thin boards of C h am a e c y p q z is o b tu sa . ~
The invention was afterwards introduced from Japan into China, as admitted in Chinese books.
“ 664 A. D .— 1st year of the teln-te ’ of Kao-tsoung” (Chinese chron. table), beginning of the
Fifty-sixth cycle.*
^ U v a 7Ùa od o7'a ta o t T r o f o A l China and the Philippines. A tree called in B u rm a h k a -d a t -
gnan ” (Mason), and from early times known in China — (Rumph. ii. pl. 65). Westward, is known to
occur on Java (Pers.); was observed by Mason v. 407 to 740 “ exot ic” in Burmah, planted around
native dwellings along the coast for ornament. The “ U. Sinensis” and “ Unona odoratissima ”
cailed in Tagalo “ alañgilan,” observed by Blanco on the Philippines, may be compared.
T r ip h a s ia t r i f o l ia t a of Tropical China. An Aurantiaceous shrub called in the environs of
Bombay “ China limbop ” (Graham) ; and from early times known in China,— bearing the “ berry
like an orange in miniature often found in Chinese preserves ” (Mason) : T. trifoliata was observed
by Kaempfer v. 801, and Thunberg in Japan, growing spontaneously near villages, also planted for
hedges, and employed medicinally. Westward, was observed by Mason v. 453 “ exo t ic ” in Burmah,
in gardens of European residents ; by N. L. Burmann 35 (Spreng.), in Hindustan ; by Graham, common
“ in gardens ” around Bombay, probably introduced from China, but found by Nimmo seemingly
“ wild in S. Concan.” From transported specimens, is described by Linnæus.
M u r ) 'a y a e x o t i c a of the Tropical base of the Himalayas as far as Anam and China. An Aurantiaceous
tree called in the environs of Bombay “ koontee ” (Graham), in Burmah “ tha-nat-kha ”
(Mason) ; in Anam “ cay nguyet qui,” in China “ cao li yong ” (Lour.) and from early times cultivated
for its fragrant flowers : — termed “ camunium sinense” by Rumphius v. pl. 18; and observed
by Loureiro 331 seemingly wild “ agrestis ” in China and Anam. Southward and Westward, occurs
as a shrub only under cultivation in Amboyna and Java (Lour.) ; was observed by Mason v. 7Ó0
“ exot ic” in Burmah ; by N. L. Burmann 104, and Wight, in Hindustan ; by Graham, an ornamental
shrub “ in gardens ” at Bombay, “ probably introduced from China,” but found by Royle wild “ all along
the jungly tract at the foot of the Himalayas.” From transported specimens, clescribed by Linnæus.
of Tropical Eastern Asia. The w i l d r a 77ib o u ta n of the Malays is a large
pinnate-leaved tree called in the environs of Bombay “ wumb” ' (Graham), in Burmah “ kyet-mouk”
(Mason), in Anam “ cay nhon ” or “ laong nhan,” in China “ lum y e n ” (Lour.), and from early times
cultivated for its fruit ; — N. longan was seen in China by Navarrete ; grows according to Osbeck on
the summit of the highest mountains, its fruit eaten with tea ; but was observed by Loureiro 288
under cultivation in Anam and China. Westward, by Mason v. 454, indigenous in Burmah, bearing
an agreeable fruit; by Roxburgh, and Wight, in Hindustan ; by Graham, principally constituting “ a
fo re s t ” in “ a ravine near Parr ” in the environs of Bombay.
Q u i s q u a l i s I / id lc a of Tropical Eastern Asia. A woody climber called in Burmah “ da-way-
hmaing ” (Mason), in Tagalo “ niogniogan” or “ tagarao,” in Ylocano “ tartarao,” in Bisaya “ tango-
O F A C C O M P A N Y IN G A N IM A L S A N D P L A N T S . 609
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i».d „ d T , „ .£ ; ,.d (o R . 0 + 0 + + S : 7 + ; 7 7 ' ' ; j». p.
and called “ luno--” hv WiVi.f h ^ ^ Graham at Bombay, m gardens not
as “ caryophyllus racemosus ” by Miller (Steud) . ^ distinguished
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