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Akebia lobata Decne. Berberideae. 



Japan. The fruits of the wild vines are regularly gathered and marketed in season.' 



A. quinata Decne. 



China. The fruit is of variable size biit is usually three or four inches long and two 

 inches in diameter. The pulp is a homogeneous, yellowish-green mass containing 40 to 

 50 black, oblong seeds. It has a pleasant sweetish, though somewhat insipid taste.^ 



Alangium lamarckii Thw. Cornaceae. 



A small tree of the tropics of the Old World. On the coast of Malabar, the fruit 

 is an article of food. It affords an edible fruit.' The fruit in India is mucilaginous, sweet, 

 somewhat astringent but is eaten.* 



Albizzia julibbrissin Durazz. Leguminosae. 



Asia and tropical Africa. The aromatic leaves are used by the Chinese as food.' 

 The leaves are said to be edible.* The tree is called nemu in Japan.'' 



A. lucida Benth. 



East Indies. The edible, oily seeds taste like a hazelnut.' 



A. monilifera F. Muell. 



Australia. The pods are roasted when yoimg and are eaten by the natives.' 



A. montana Benth. 



Java. Sometimes used as a condiment in Java." 



A. myriophylla Benth. 



East Indies. With bark of this tree, the mountaineers make an intoxicating liquor." 



A. procera Benth. 



Tropical Asia and Australia. In times of scarcity, the bark is mixed with flour.'* 



Albuca major Linn. Liliaceae. 



South Africa. In Kaffraria, Thunberg '' says the succulent stalk, which is rather 

 mucilaginous, is chewed by the Hottentots and other travellers by way of quenching 

 thirst. 



^ Amer. Card. 12:1^0. 1891. 



Ibid. 



' Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:215. 1839. 



* Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 250. 1874. 



* Bretschneider Bo/. 5iM. 52. 1882. (Acacia julibrissin) 

 Smith, F. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China 2. 1871. 

 'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:420. 1820. (Acacia nemu) 

 Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 2: $6. 1872. {Acacia lucida) 



Drury, H. Useful Pis. Ind. 9. 1858. 



> Palmer, E. Journ. Roy. Soc. New So. Wales 17:94. 1884. 



"Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 2:58. 1872. 



" Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 176. 1874. 



" Thunberg, C. P. Traw. 1:146. 1795. 



