I30 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



of walnuts, is also eaten raw like a radish or mixed with salads, either raw or boiled and 

 cold. It is much cultivated in France and Italy, says Johns.' 



Rampion is recorded in gardens by Pena and Lobel,* 157. and is figured by Tragus,' 

 1552, Lobel,* 1576, as well as by other writers of this period, as an improved root. In 1726, 

 Townsend' says it is to be found in only few English gardens; and Bryant,' 1783, says 

 it is much cultivated in France but in England is now little regarded. It is recorded in 

 American gardens in 1806, 1819 and 1821. As late as 1877, an English writer says rampion 

 is a desirable addition to winter salads.' 



Campomanesia aromatica Griseb. Myrtaceae. guava strawberry. 



Guiana and Cayenne. At Martinique, where this shrub is cultivated, it is called 

 gaiava strawberry, JDecause the flavor of its delicate pulp reminds one of the Pine straw- 

 berry.* The fruit is edible.' 



C. lineatifolia Ruiz & Pav. 



Peru. This species furnishes edible fruit.*" 



Canarina campanulata Linn. Campanulaceae. 



Canary Islands. The fleshy capsule, roots and young shoots are said to be edible." 



Canarium album Raeusch. Burseraceae. canarium 



A tree native of China and Cochin China, Anam and the Philippines. The fruit is 

 pickled and used as olives.'^ 



C. commime Linn. Chinese olive, java almond, wild almond. 



Moluccas. This fine-looking tree is cultivated for the sake of its fruit which, in taste, 

 is something like an almond. An oil is expressed from the seed which in Java is used in 

 lamps and when fresh is mixed with food. Bread is also made from its nuts in the island 

 of Celebes. In Ceylon, the nut is called wild almond by Europeans and is eaten. 

 C. edule Hook. f. 



Tropical Africa. This is the safu of the island of St. Thomas in the Gulf of Guinea, 

 where its fruit is much esteemed. In taste, the fruit is bitter and astringent; it is usually 

 roasted. 



C. pimela Kon. 



Cochin China, China and Java. The black fruit is sometimes pickled, i* 



'Johns, C. A. Treas. Bot. 1:208. 1874. 



' Pena and Lobel ^dtieri. 91. 1570. 



Tragus 5ir/). 725. 1552. 



Lobel Obs. 178. 1576. 



' Townsend Seedsman 23. 1726. 



Bryant Fl. Diet. 27. 1783. 



' Hobday, E. Cottage Card. 1 13. 1877. 



' Berlanger r/ai. N. Y. Agr. Soc. 677. 1864. {Psidium aromaticum) 



' Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 349. 1859. (Psidium aromaticum) 

 Ibid. 



" Syme, J. T. Treas. Bot. 1:212. 1870. 

 "Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:8s. 18^2. 

 " Ibid. 



