88 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



B. empetrifolia Lam. fuegian barberry. 



Region of Magellan Strait. The berry is edible.' 



B. glauca DC. 



New Granada. The berry is edible.* 



B. lycium Royle. indian barberry. 



Himalayan region. In China, the fruit is preserved as in Europe, and the young 

 shoots and leaves are made use of as a vegetable or for infusion as a tea.' 



B. nepalensis Sprang, mahonia. 



An evergreen of the Himalayas. The fruits are dried as raisins in the sun and sent 

 down to the plains ofTndia for sale.^ 



B. nervosa Pursh. Oregon grape. 



Northwestern America; pine forests of Oregon. The fruit resembles in size and taste 

 that of B. aquifolium.^ 



B. pinnata Lag. blue barberry. 



Mexico; a beautiful, blue-berried barberry very common in New Mexico. It is 

 called by the Mexicans lena amorilla. The berries are very pleasant to the taste, being 

 saccharine with a slight acidity.' 



B. sibirica Pall. Siberian barberry. 

 Siberia. The berry is edible.' 



B. sinensis Desf. 



China. The berry is edible.' 



B. tomentosa Ruiz & Pav. hairy barberry. 

 Chile. The berry is edible.' 



B. trifoliolata Moric. 



Western Texas. The bright red, acid berries are used for tarts and are less acid 

 than those of B. vulgaris.^'' 



B. vulgaris Linn, barberry, jaundice berry, piprage. 



Europe and temperate Asia. This barberry is sometimes planted in gardens in 

 England for its fruit. It was early introduced into the gardens of New England and 

 increased so rapidly that in 1754 the Province of Massachusetts passed an act to prevent 



'Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 3:68. 1874. Note. 



Ibid. 



Smith, F. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China 37. 1871. 



Royle, J. F. lUustr. Bol. Himal. 1 :64. 1839. 

 Case So/. /n<iejc 37. 1881. 



Bigelow. J. M. Pacific R. R. Rpt. 4:7. 1856. 

 'Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. y.68. 1874. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



" Torrey, J. Bol. U. S. Mex. Bound. Sun: 31. 1858. 



