178 STURTEV ant's NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



salad plant. The foliage is used in England, according to Loudon,' as a spinach. De 

 CandoUe * says it is occasionally cultivated there. C. perfoliata of Cuba is an annual 

 employed as a spinach in France in place of purslane.' It was first described in 1794 

 but in 1829 was not named by Noisette* for French gardens; in 1855 it was said by De 

 Candolle ' to be occasionally cultivated as a vegetable in England. It is now included 

 by Vilmorin among French vegetables. 



C. sibirica Linn. Siberian purslane. 



Northern Asia and northwestern North America. This species is eaten both raw 

 and cooked by the Indians of Alaska.' 



C. tuberosa Pall. 



Kamchatka and eastern Siberia. The tubers are edible.* 



C. virginica Linn, spring beauty. 



Eastern United States. This species has edible bulbs, much prized by the Indians.' 



Clematis flammula Linn. Ranunculaceae. virgin's bower. 



Mediterranean countries. The young shoots, when boiled, may be eaten. 



Cleome chelidonii Linn. Capparideae. spider-flower. 



East Indies. The seeds are used by the natives as a mustard in their curries, on 

 account of their pungency.' 



C. felina Linn. f. 



East Indies. In India, the flowers are used to flavor salads.'* 



C. heptaphylla Linn. 



American tropics. The leaves are eaten. 



C. viscosa Linn. 



Old World tropics. This plant has an acrid taste, something like mustard, and is 

 eaten by the natives among other herbs as a salad." The seeds, being pungent, are used 

 in ctirries as a mustard.'^ Its seeds are eaten as a condiment like mustard.'' The seeds 

 are used in curries." 



' Dewey, C. Rpt. Herb. Flow. Pis. Mass. 92. 1840. 



s De Candolle, A. Geog. Bol. 2:662. 1855. 



' Bon Jard. 476. 1882. 



* Noisette Man. Jard. 1829. 



' De Candolle, A. Ceog. Bot. 2:662. 1855. 



V. S. Nat. Herb. 3:330. 1896. 



'Don, G. Hist. DicU. Pis. 3:82. 1834. 



Havard, V. Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 22:107. 1895. 



Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:73. 1839. 

 1 Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 3:169. 1874. 



" Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 736. 1879. (Polanisia icosandra) 

 "Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:73. 1839. 

 "Baillon, H. Hisl. Pis. 3:169. 1874. 

 " Speede Ind. Handb. Card. 50. 1842. Supplement. 



