40 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



In France it was grown by Quintyne, 1690. It is mentioned by Gerarde as a cultivated 

 plant in 1596. Its bulbs are smaller than those of garlic, milder in taste and are pro- 

 duced at the points of the stem as well as at its base. Rocambole is mentioned among 

 American garden esculents by McMahon,' 1806, by Gardiner and Hepburn,* i8i8, and 

 by Bridgeman,' 1832. 



A. senescens Linn. 



Europe and Siberia. This species is eaten as a vegetable in Japan.* 

 A. sphaerocephalum Linn, round-headed garlic. 



Europe and Siberia. From early times this species has been eaten by the people about 

 Lake Baikal.' 



A. stellatum Eras. 



North America. " Bulb oblong-ovate and eatable." ' 



A. ursinum Linn, bear's garlic, buckrams, gipsy onion, hog's garlic 



RAMSONS. 



Europe and northern Asia. Gerarde,^ 1597, says the leaves were eaten in Holland. 

 They were also valued formerly as a pot-herb in England, though very strong.* The 

 bulbs were also used boiled and in salads.* In Kamchatka this plant is much prized. 

 The Russians as well as the natives gather it for winter food.'* 



A. vineale Linn, crow garlic, field garlic stag's garlic 



Europe and now naturalized in northern America near the coast. In England, the 

 leaves are used as are those of garlic." 



AUophyllus cobbe Bltmie. Sapindaceae. 



Eastern Asia. The berries, which are red in color and about the size of peas, are 

 eaten by the natives.'* 



A. zeylanicus Linn. 



Himalayas. The fruit is eaten." 



Alocasia indica Schott. Aroideae. pai. 



East Indies and south Asia, South Sea Islands and east Australia. The underground 

 stems constitute a valuable and important vegetable of the native dietary in India. The 



' McMahon, B. Amer. Card. Cal. 190. 1806. 



' Gardiner and Hepburn Amer. Card. 40. 181 8. 



' Bridgeman Young Card. Asst. 89. 1857. 



*Gari. CAron. 25:458. 1886. 



' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 753. 1879. 



Wood, A. Class Book BoL^jw. 1855. 



' Gerarde, J. Herb. 142. 1597. 



Johnson, C. P. Useful Ph. Gt. Brit. 2-71. 1862. 



Gerarde, J. Herb. 142. 1597. 



" Glasspoole, H. G. Ohio State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 29:428. 1874. 

 " Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 271. 1862. 

 " Ainslie. W. Mat. Ind. 2:413. 1826. 

 " Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 343. 1859. (Scmidelia africana) 



