'28 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



of the Apaches. When properly prepared, it is saccharine, palatable and wholesome, 

 mildly acid, laxative and antiscorbutic' 



A. utahensis Engelm. utah aloe. 



Utah and Arizona. The bulb of the root is considered a great delicacy by the Indians, 

 who roast and prepare it for food which is said to be sweet and delicious.^ 

 A. wislizeni Engelm. 



Mexico. The young stems when they shoot out in the spring are tender and sweet 

 and are eaten with great relish by the Mexicans and Indians.' 



Aglaia edulis A. Gray. Meliaceae. 



Fiji Islands and the East Indies. The natives eat the aril which surrounds the seed 

 and call it gumi.* The fruit is edible, having a watery, cooling, pleasant pulp.' The 

 aril is large, succulent and edible. ' 



A. odorata Lour. 



China. Firminger ^ says this plant never fruits in Bengal. The flowers are bright 

 yellow, of the size and form of a pin head and are delightfully fragrant. Fortune ' says 

 it is the lan-hwa u yu-chu-lan of China and that the flowers are used for scenting tea. 

 Smith ' says it is the san-yeh-lan of China, that the flowers are used for scenting tea and 

 that the tender leaves are eaten as a vegetable. 



Agrimonia eupatoria Linn. Rosaceae. agrimony, cocklebur. liverwort, sticklewort. 

 North temperate regions. The dried leaves are used by coimtry people as a sort 

 of tea but probably only for medicinal qualities.'' 



Agriophyllum gobicum Bunge. Chenopodiaceae. 

 Siberia. The seeds are used as food." 



Agropyron repens Beauv. Gramineae. quack grass. 



Temperate regions. This is a troublesome weed in many situations yet Withering '* 

 states that bread has been made from its roots in times of want. 



Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Simarubeae. tree of heaven, varnish tree. 



China. Smith " says that the leaves are used to feed silkworms and, in times of 

 scarcity, are used as a vegetable. 



' Havard, V. Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 123. 1895. 

 Case Bot. Index 19. 1880. 



Havard, V. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 519. 1885. 

 * Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 1:683. 1831. 

 Wight, R. lUustr. Ind. Bot. 1:146. 1840. (Milnea edulis) 

 ' Royle, J. P. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:140. 1839. 

 ' Firminger, T. A. C. Card. Ind. 429. 1874. 

 Portwne, R. Resid. Chinese 201. 1857. 

 Smith, P. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China. 6. 1 871. 

 ' Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gl. Brit. 95. 1862. 

 " Rigil Card. Chron. 19:472. 1883. 

 " Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 290. 1862. 

 " Smith, P. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China 6. 1871. 



