STURTEV ant's NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 25 1 



chop, a dish prepared at Angola from the fresh nut, is pronounced most excellent by Mon- 

 tiero,' who also describes the fresh wine as delicious. Lunan ^ says the roasted nuts taste 

 very much like the outside fat of roasted mutton, and that the negroes are fond of the 

 oil which sometimes makes an ingredient in their foods. Hartt ' says this palm is the 

 dendes of Brazil, the caiauhe of the Amazons, and that the oil is much used for culinary 

 purposes. 



Elaeocarpus dentatus Vahl. Tiliaceae. 



New Zealand. The pulp surrounding the stone of the fruit is eatable, and in India 

 the fruits are either used in curries or pickled like olives.* 



E. floribimdus Blimie. 



Tropical Asia. The fruit is an article of food.' In India, the fruit, called in Bengal 

 julpai, of the size and shape of an olive, is pickled. * 



E. munroii Mast. 



East Indies. The olive-sized fruit is eaten by the natives.' 



Elaeodendron glaucum Pers. Celastrineae. ceylon tea. 



Tropical Asia. This plant has been introduced from Ceylon under the name of 

 Ceylon tea.' 



E. orientale Jacq. olive-wood. 



Mauritius Islands, Madagascar and Burma, where it is called let-pet-hen. Its leaves 

 are used by the natives for tea." 



E. sphaerophylliun Presl. 



South Africa. The drupaceous fruits are edible.'" 



Eleocharis tuberosa Schult. Cyperaceae. water-chestnut. 



East Indies. This plant is grown in southern China for its roots, for which there 

 is a great demand in all Chinese towns." Royle '^ says it is the pi-isi of the Chinese and 

 that the round, turnip-shaped tubers are eaten. Loudon '' calls it the water-chestnut 

 and says it is grown in tanks by the Chinese for the tubers. Ainslie " says the root is 



' Montiero Angola, River Congo 1:96, 97. 1875. 



Lunan, J. Hart. Jam. 2:26. 1814. 

 ' Hartt Ceog. Braz. 270. 1870. 



Smith, A. Treai. 5o/. 1:444. 1870. (E. hinau) 



'Lindley, J. Trans. Hort. Soc. Land. 5:120. 1824. (. serratus) 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. ^. 1874. (E. serratus) 



' Dyer, W. T. Treas. Bot. 2:1318. 1876. (Monocera munroii) 

 'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:12. 1832. 



Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 590. 1879. 

 WBaillon, H. Hist. Pis. 6:27. 1880. 

 "Fortune, R. Warid. China $07. 1847. 



"Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:413, 414. 1839. 



" Loudon, J. C. Enc. Agr. 158. 1866. (Scirpus tuberosus) 



" Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 2:242. 1826. {Scirpus tuberosus) 



