264 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



E. supraaxillaris Spring, tala. 



Southern Brazil. The fniit is large and edible.* 



E. temu Hcxik. & Am. 



Chile. The fnoit is eaten.' 



E. uniflora Linn, brazil cherry, cayenne cherry, pitanga. Surinam cherry. 



Tropical America, where it is called pitanga. In India, this species appears to be 

 cultivated under the names of Brazil cherry and cherry of Cayenne. The fruit of 

 this large shrub is about the size of a button and is considered agreeable by the 

 natives.' 



E. zeyheri Harv. 



South Africa. The berries are the size of a cherry and are edible.* 



Eulophia campestris Wall. Orchideae. salep. 



East Indies. This plant furnishes the salep collected in Cashmere.* 



E. herbacea Lindl. salep. 



East Indies. This species furnishes the salep of the Indian bazaars known as saleb 

 misri.* 



Euonymus japonicus Linn. f. Celastrineae. Japanese spindle tree. 



China and Japan. In China, the leaves of this tree are eaten when young.' 



Eupatorium triplinerve Vahl. Compositae. 



Tropical America. An infusion of the leaves has an agreeable and somewhat spicy 

 taste and is a good diet drink. Dyer says the plant is now chiefly cultivated at the island 

 of Bourbon, for the purpose of being dried and sent to France, where it is used as a tea 

 substitute.* 



Euphorbia balsamifera Ait. Euphorbiaceae. balsam spurge. 



Canary Islands. Its juice is thickened to a jelly and eaten by the natives.' 



E. canariensis Linn. 



Canary Islands. The natives of Teneriffe are in the habit of removing the bark 

 and then sucking the inner portion of the stem to quench their thirst. 



E. edulis Lour. 



Cochin China. It is mentioned as a potherb.'" 



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



'Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 6:i47- 1880. 



' Firminger, T. A. C. Card. Ind. 264. 1874. (E. michelii) 



* Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 194. 1891. 

 'Archer, T.C. Profit. Pis. 85. 1865. 



Fluckiger and Hanbury Pharm. 655. 1879. 



' Smith, F. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China 94. 1 87 1. 



'Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 2:$$. 1826. 



Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 467. 1879. I 



'> Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 1:477. 1870. 



