was really wild.[1637] Other localities will perhaps be found between Sicily, Macedonia, and the Caucasus. +Egyptian Lupin+—_Lupinus termis_, Forskal. This species of lupin, so nearly allied to _L. albus_ that it has sometimes been proposed to unite them,[1638] is largely cultivated in Egypt and even in Crete. The most obvious difference is that the upper part of the flowers of _L. termis_ is blue. The stem is taller than that of _L. albus._ The seeds are used like those of the common lupin, after they have been steeped to get rid of their bitterness. _L. termis_ is wild in sandy soil and mountainous districts, in Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica;[1639] in Syria and Egypt, according to Boissier;[1640] but Schweinfurth and Ascherson[1641] say that it is only cultivated in Egypt. Hartmann saw it wild in Upper Egypt.[1642] Unger[1643] mentions it among the cultivated specimens of the ancient Egyptians, but he gives neither specimen nor drawing. Wilkinson[1644] says only that it has been found in the tombs. No lupin is grown in India, nor is there any Sanskrit name; its seeds are sold in bazaars under the name _tourmus_ (Royle, _Ill._, p. 194). The Arabic name, _termis_ or _termus_, is also that of the Greek lupin, _termos_. It may be inferred that the Greeks had it from the Egyptians. As the species was known to the ancient Egyptians, it seems strange that it has no Hebrew name;[1645] but it may have been introduced into Egypt after the departure of the Israelites. +Field-Pea+—_Pisum arvense_, Linnæus. This pea is grown on a large scale for the seed, and also sometimes for fodder. Although its appearance and botanical characters allow of its being easily distinguished from the garden-pea, Greek and Roman authors confounded them, or are not explicit about them. Their writings do not prove that it was cultivated in their time. It has not been found in the lake-dwellings of Switzerland, France, and Italy. Bobbio has a legend (A.D. 930), in which it is said that the Italian peasants called a certain seed _herbilia_, whence it has been supposed to be the modern _rubiglia_ or the _Pisum sativum_ of botanists.[1646] The species is cultivated in the East, and as far as the north of India.[1647] It is of recent cultivation in the latter country, for there is no Sanskrit name, and Piddington gives only one name in one of the modern languages.