sturtevant's notes on edible plants 193 



one with wax-colored fruit, another with white fruit and a third with fleshy, round fruit. 

 Don ' says the fruit is gratefvdly acid and is called sorbet by the Turks. A. Smith ^ says 

 the harsh, acid fruits are scarcely eatable but are sold in the markets in some parts of 

 Germany to be eaten by children or made into sweetmeats and tarts. J. Smith ^ says the 

 fruit is of a cornelian color, of the size of a small plimi, not very palatable, but is eaten 

 in some parts as a substitute for olives; it is also preserved, is used in confectionery and, 

 in Turkey, serves as a flavoring for sherbets. In Norway, the flowers are used for flavor- 

 ing distilled*pirits. 



C. sanguinea Linn, cornel dogwood, dogberry. dogwood, pegwood. 



Europe and northern Asia. The fruit is said to contain a large quantity of oil used 

 for the table and in brewing. 



C. stolonifera Michx. red-osier. 



North America. Thoreau * found the bark in use by the Indians of Maine for smok- 

 ing, under the name magnoxigill, Indian tobacco. Nuttall ^ says the fruit, though bitter 

 and unpalatable, is eaten by the Indians of the Missouri River. 



C. suecica Linn, kinnikinnik. 



North America. The berries are gathered in the autumn by the western Eskimo 

 and preserved by being frozen in wooden boxes out of which they are cut with an axe.* 

 In central New York, this plant is called kinnikinnik by the Indians.' 



Correa alba Andr. Rutaceae. 



Australia. Henfrey ' says the leaves are used by the Australian settlers for a tea. 



Corydalis bulbosa DC. Papaveraceae. fumewort. 



Northern Europe. This species has a tuberous root, which, when boiled, furnishes 

 the Kalmuck Tartars with a starchy substance much eaten by them.' 



Corylus americana Walt. Cupuliferae. hazelnut. 



North America. This species bears well-flavored nuts but they are smaller and 

 thicker shelled than the Eitropean hazel. The nuts are extensively gathered as a food 

 by the Indians in some places.'" 



C. avellana Linn, cobnut, filbert, hazelnut. 



Europe and Asia Minor. This species includes not only the hazelnut but all of the 

 European varieties of filbert. It was cultivated by the Romans, and Pliny says the name 



' Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:400. 1834. 

 ' Smith, A. Treas. Bot. i:m. 1870. 



Smith, J. Dom. Bot. 134. 1882. 



Thoreau Me. Woods 223. 1877. 



Nuttall, T. Gen. No. Amer. Pis. i:<)8. 1818. (C. canadensis) 

 Seemann, B. A nthrop. Journ. 3: cccm. 1865. 

 ' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 807. 1879. (C. sericea) 

 Henfrey, A. .5o/. 246. 1870. 



Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 21. 1862. (C. solida) 

 Brown, R. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 9:383. i858. 



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