sturtevant's notes on edible plants 6i 



Arbutus andrachne Linn. Ericaceae, strawberry tree. 



East Mediterranean countries.' Its fruit was eaten during the Golden Age.' Don 3 

 says the fruit seems to be used in Greece. 



A. canariensis Duham. 



Canary Islands. The berries are made into a sweetmeat.* 



A. menziesii Pursh. madrona. 



Pacific Coast of North America. The berries resemble Morello cherries. When 

 ripe they are quite ornamental and are said sometimes to be eaten. ^ 



A. unedo Linn, arbute. cane apples, strawberry tree. 



Mediterranean countries. Theophrastus ^ says the tree produces an edible fruit; PHny,' 

 that it is not worth eating. Sir J. E. Smith * describes the frtiit as uneatable in Ireland, 

 but W. Wilson * says he can testify from repeated experience that the ripe fruit is really 

 very palatable. In Spain, a sugar and a sherbet are obtained from it. 



Archangelica atropurpurea Hoffm. Umbelliferae. great angelica, masterwort. 



North America. This plant is found from New England to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, 

 and northward. Stille '" says the stems are sometimes candied. The root is used in domes- 

 tic medicines as an aromatic and stimulant. 



A. gmelini DC. angelica. 



Northwest Asia. This species is used for culinary purposes by the Russians in Kam- 

 chatka." The root, dug in the autumn of the first year, is used in medicine as an aromatic 

 tonic and possesses the taste and smell of the seeds. 



A. officinalis Hoffm. angelica, archangel, wild parsnip. 



Europe, Siberia and Himalayan regions. This plant is a native of the north of Europe 

 and is found in the high, mountainous regions in south Europe, as in Switzerland and 

 among the Pyrenees, it is also found in Alaska. Angelica is cultivated in various parts 

 of Europe and is occasionally grown in American gardens. The whole plant has a fra- 

 grant odor and aromatic properties. Angelica is held in great estimation in Lapland, 

 where the natives strip the stem of leaves, and the soft, internal part, after the outer 

 skin has been pulled off, is eaten raw hke an apple or turnip.'^ In Kamchatka, the roots 

 are distilled and a kind of spirit is made from them, and on the islands of Alaska, where 



Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 102. 1879. 

 ' Ibid. 



Don, G. Hisl. Dichl. Ph. 3:834. 1834. 

 < Andrews Bot. Reposil. 10: PI. 664. 1797. 

 Newberry Pacific R. R. Rpt. 6:23, fig. 1857. 



Daubeny, C. Trees, Shrubs Arte. 50. 1865. 



' Bostock and Riley Nat. Hist. Pliny 4:516. 1855. 

 Hooker, W. J. Journ. Bot. 1:315. 1834- 



Ibid. 



"Stille, A. Therap. Mat. Med. 1:491, 492. 1874. 

 " Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:324. 1834. 

 " Journ. Agr. 2:174. 1831- 



