1 62 STURTEV ant's NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



tributed from the United States Patent Office in 1854. Garcilasso de la Vega ' says it 

 was called quinua by the natives of Peru and mujo by the Spaniards. He says: " Both 

 the Indians and the Spanish eat the tender leaf in their dishes, because they are savory 

 and very wholesome. They also eat the grain in the soups, prepared in various ways." 

 A black-seeded variety, cultivated in gardens, is mentioned by Feuille,^ in Peru, preceding 

 1725. It was introduced into France in 1785 ' but has not had very extended use. 

 Molina * says in Chile there is a variety called dahue by the Indians which has greyish 

 leaves and produces a white grain. The grain of the quinua serves for making a very 

 pleasant stomachic beverage; that of the dahue, on being boiled, lengthens out in the form 

 of worms and is excellent in soup. The leaves are also eaten and are tender and of an 

 agreeable taste. 



Chlogenes serpyllifolia Salisb. Vacciniaceae. creeping snowberry. 



North America and Japan. The berry is white, edible, jiiicy and of an agreeable, 

 subacid taste with a pleasant checkerberry flavor.^ The Indians of Maine use the leaves 

 of the creeping snowberry for tea.* 



Chloranthus inconspicuus Sw. Chloranthaceae. 



China and Japan. This plant furnishes the flowers which serve to scent some 

 sorts of tea,' particularly an expensive sort called chu-lan-cha.^ 



Chlorogalum pomeridianum Kunth. Liliaceae. amole. soapplant. wild potato. 



California. The egg-shaped bulb is one to three inches in diameter. Cooking elimi- 

 nates all the acrid properties, rendering the bulb good, wholesome food.' 



Chondodendron tomentosum Rtiiz & Pav. Menispermaceae. wild grape. 



Peru. This plant is called by the Peruvians wild grape on accoxmt of the form of 

 the fruit and its acid and not unpleasant flavor.'" 



Chondrilla juncea Linn. Compositae. 



Southern Europe and adjoining Asia. This plant is mentioned by Dorotheus as 

 good for cooking and for the stomach; it is enumerated by Pliny as among the esculent 

 plants of Egypt.^ 



C. prenanthoides Vill. 



East Mediterranean countries and moimtains of Yemen. This plant is enumerated 

 by Pliny as among the esculents of Egypt. Forskal says it is eaten raw in Yemen.'^ 



' Vega Roy. Comment. Hakl. Soc. Ed. 2:358. 



' Feuillee Peru y.Ap. 16, t. x. 1725. 



'Heuze, G. Pis. Aliment. 2:25^. 1873. 



* Molina Hist. Chili 1:91. 1808. 



' Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:^60. 1875. (C. hisfndula) 



'Thoreau Me. Woods 270. 1877. (C. hispidula) 



'Williams, S. W. Mid. King. 1:282. 1848. 



'Smith, F. P. Conlrib. Mat. Med. China 61. 1871. - 



'Harvard, V. Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 22:114. 1895. 

 " Masters, M. T. Treai. Bo/. 1:274. 1870. (C. convolvulaceum) 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 2S1. 1879. 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 361. 1879. (Prenanthes chondrilloides) 



