- i6o sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



C. tuberosum Royle. 



In the Himalaj'as, the tuberous roots are eaten and are called sham.*^ 



Chamaedorea elegans Mart. Palmae. 



South America. The young, unexpanded flower-spikes are used as a vegetable. 

 C. tepejilote Liebm. 



Mexico. The flowers, when still enclosed in the spathes, are highly esteemed as 

 a culinary vegetable.^ 



Chamaerops humilis Linn. Palmae. dwarf fan-palm, palmetto. 



West Mediterranean countries. The young shoots or suckers from the bottom of 

 the plant, called cajaglioni, are eaten by the Italians. In Barbary, the lower part of the 

 young stems and the roots are eaten by the Moors.' 



Chelidonium sinense DC. Papaveraceae. 



China. The leaves were eaten as a food in China in the fourteenth century.* 



Chenopodium album Linn. Chenopodiaceae. lamb's quarter, pigweed, white goose- 

 foot. 

 Temperate and tropical regions. Remnants of this plant have been found in the early 

 lake villages of Switzerland. In the Hebrides, it was observed by Lightfoot ' to be boiled 

 and eaten as greens. In the United States, it is used as a spinach. The young, tender 

 plants are collected by the Navajoes, the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, all the tribes 

 of Arizona, the Diggers of California and the Utahs, and boiled as a spinach or are eaten 

 raw. The seeds are gathered by many tribes, ground into a flour and made into a bread 

 or mush.* 



C. ambrosioides Linn. Mexican tea. 



Temperate and tropical regions. This herb is called in Mexican epazolt. The plant 

 is cooked and eaten by the natives. It was called at Verona, in 1745, the allemand because 

 drunk in infusion by the Germans. It seems to be indigenous to tropical America. 



C. auricomimi Lindl. Australian spinach. 



Australia. This plant is a native of the interior of Australia and has lately come 

 into use in England as a substitute for spinach, according to J. Smith.' Mueller * calls 

 this spinach palatable and nutritious. 



C. bonus-henricus Linn, all good, fat hen. good-king-henry. goosefoot. mercury. 



WILD spinach. 



Europe, now sparingly naturalized around dwellings in the United States. Under 



' Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:231. 1839. 

 'Seemann, B. Pop. Hist. Palms 139. 1856. 

 Andrews Bot. Reposit. 9: PI. 599. 1797. 

 Bretschneider, E. Bot. Sin. 51. 1882. 

 Lightfoot,;. Fl. Scot. 1: 149. 1789. 

 U. S. D. A. Rpt.419. 1870. 

 'Smith, J. Dam. Bot. 235. 1871. 

 Mueller, F. Set. Pis. 109. 1891. 



