STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 1 79 



Clerodendron serratum Spreng. Verbenaceae. 



Tropical India and Burma. Its flowers and leaves are eaten.^ 



Clethra tinifolia Sw. Ericaceae, soap-wood, sweet pepper, wild pear. 



Tropical America, Jamaica and southern Brazil. In Jamaica the trees bear a green, 

 roundish berry of which the piilp is sweet, white, mealy and includes a hard, brownish- 

 black stone. These berries are gathered and eaten as a pleasant dessert.* 



Cleyera theoides Choisy. Ternsiroemiaceae. 



West Indies. Henfrey ' says the leaves of this plant fxxmish a tea in Panama. 



CGdemia sp.? Melastomaceae. indian currant. 



Tropical America. A genus of shrubs the berry of which is fleshy and edible.* 



C. dependens D. Don. 



Peru. This shrub furnishes a gooseberry-like fruit of little value.' 



Cliffortia ilicifolia Linn. Rosaceae. evergreen oak. 



South Africa. The leaves have been used in Africa as a tea substitute.^ 



Clinogyne dichotoma Salisb. Scitamineae. maranta 



East Indies and Malays. The maranta is cultivated in the East Indies for arrowroot.' 



Clitoria tematea Linn. Leguminosae. butterfly pea. 



Mountains of Madagascar and Mauritius. In the Philippines, the pods are sometimes 

 eaten.' In Amboina, the flowers are used to tinge boiled rice a cerulean color.' 



Cnicus eriophorus Roth. Compositae. 



Europe and Asia Minor. This thistle is said to have been cultivated by M. Lecoq'" 

 in France and is pronounced by him a savory vegetable. The receptacles of this plant, 

 says Lightfoot," are pulpy and esculent, like those of the artichoke. 



C. oleraceus Linn. 



Northern Europe and Asia. The leaves of this thistle are cooked and eaten by the 

 Russians.!'' In France, it is in flower gardens." The plant is included among vegetables 



' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 739. 1879. 



' Lunan, J. Hort. Jam. 1:65. 1814. 



' Henfrey, A. Bol. 230. 1870. (Freziera theoides) 



* Syme, J. T. Treas. Bot. 1:298. 1870. 



'Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. i$i. 1859. {Melastoma spicatum) 



Card. Chron. 20 : 766. 1 883. 



' Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:720. 1870. {Maranta ramosissima) 

 ' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 606. 1879. 

 Ibid. 



Ambank U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 655. 1851. (Cirsium eriophorum) 

 " Lightfoot, J. F/. 5co/. 1:455. 1789. 

 Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 784. 1879. 

 " Vilmorin F/. P/. Ter. 275. 1870. 3rd Ed. {Cirsium eriophorum) 



