sturtevant's notes on edible plants 263 



E. operculata Roxb. 



Tropical Asia. The fruit is round, of the size and appearance of small, black cherries 

 and is very generally eaten in Chittagong.' The fruit is eaten.^ 



E. pisiformis Cambess. 



Brazil. The berries are eaten.' 



E. pitanga Kiaersk. pitanga. 



Brazil. Hartt * says its refreshingly acid, red fruit is eaten. 



E. procera Poir. ironwood. 



Santo Domingo and south Florida, where it is called ironwood. The round berry, 

 the size of a pepper, is edible.* 



E. pseudopsidium Jacq. 



Martinique. The fruit is edible and is held in considerable esteem in the West 

 Indies.' 



E. pulchella Roxb. 



Moluccas. It bears a fruit like the black currant.^ 



E. piunila Gardn. 



Brazil. The berries are eaten in Gioiana.' 



E. Piriformis Cambess. 



Brazil. The fruit is the size of a pear.* 



E. rariflora Benth. 



Fiji Islands. The fruit resembles a cherry in size and shape and is edible, i" 



E. revoluta Wight. 



East Indies. The berries are an inch in diameter." 



E. richii A. Gray. 



Pacific islands. In Viti, the agreeably-smelling fruit is eaten. '^ 



E. suborbicularis Benth. 



Australia. The fruit is large, red, with small stone and is eaten when ripe.'' 



> Wight, R. Icon. Pis. 2: PI. 615. 1843. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 235. 1874, 



BaiUon, H. Hist. Pis. 6:347. 1880. 



* Hartt Geog. Braz. 59. 1870. 



' Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:855. 1832. 



Ibid. 



' Wight, R. Icon. Pis. 2: PI. 628. 1843. 



BaiUon, H. Hist. Pis. 6:347. 1880. 



Mueller, P. Sel. Pis. 193. 1891. 



'"Seemann, B. Fl. Viti. 79. 1865-73. 



"Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 193. 1891. 



"Seemann, B. Fl. Viti. 7S. 1865-73. 



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



