258 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



Escobedia scabrifolia Ruiz & Pav. Scrophularineae. 



Tropical America. The roots are said to be used for coloring gravies.' 



Eucalyptus dumosa A. Curxn. Myrtaceae. mallee. 



Australia. A manna called lerp is produced upon the leaves, which the natives use 

 for food. It is said to be a secretion from an insect. 



E. gtumii Hook. f. cider tree. 



Australia. This plant yields a cool, refreshing liquid from woimds made in the 

 bark during spring.^ 



E. oleosa F. Muell. mallee. 



Australia. The water drained from the roots is clear and good and is used by the 

 natives of Queensland when no other water is obtainable.' 



E. terminalis F. Muell. 



Australia. Manna is procured from the leaves and small branches.* 



Eucheuna speciosum Berk. Algae, jelly plant. 



This is the jelly plant of Australia and is one of the best species for making jelly, 

 size and cement. 



Euclea pseudebenus E. Mey. Ebenaceae. 



South Africa. The fleshy, glaucous, brownish fruits, the size of a pea, are sweet 

 and slightly astringent and are eaten by the natives of South Africa under the name 

 emboloJ' 



E. undulata Thunb. 



South Africa. The small, black berry is edible.' This is the guarri bush of South 

 Africa. The sweet berries are eaten by the Hottentots or, bruised and fermented, they 

 yield a vinegar.' 



Eugenia acris Wight & Am. Myrtaceae. wild clove. 



East Indies and West Indies. In Jamaica, the aromatic, astringent leaves are 

 often used in sauce and the berries for culinary purposes.' In Hindustan, it is called 

 lung.^ 



E. apiculata DC. 



Chile. The fruit is eaten.'" 



' Spruce Card. Chron. 17:20. 1882. 

 'Smith, A. Treas. Bot. 1:472. 1870. 



Palmer, E. Journ. Roy. Soc. New So. Wales 17:106. 1884. 



Palmer, E. Journ. Roy. Soc. New So. Wales 17:98. 1884. 

 ^ Card. Chron. 584. 1875. 



Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 192. 1891. 



' Thunberg, C. P. Trav. 1:202. 1795. 

 Lunan, J. Hart. Jam. i:y6. 1814. (Myrtus c-cris) 

 Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 609. 1879. 

 '" Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 6:3.(7. 1880. 



