288 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



Gastrodia cunninghamii Hook. f. Orchideae. peri-root. 



New Zealand. The root of this orchid is eaten by the natives of New Zealand, who 

 call it peri; it is about i8 inches long, as thick as the finger and full of starch.' 



Gaultheria myrsrinites Hook. Ericaceae. 



Northern California and Oregon. The fruit is scarlet, aromatic, and is said to be 

 delicious.* 



G. prociunbens Linn, checker berry, tea berry, wintergreen. 



Northeastern America. The berries are often offered for sale in the markets of Boston; 

 they are pleasantly aromatic and are relished by children. The oil is used for flavoring. 

 The leaves are made into a tea by the Indians of Maine. 



G. shallon Pursh. salal. 



Northwest Pacific Coast. The aromatic, acid berries are rather agreeable to the 

 taste.* The fruit is much esteemed by the Indians of the northwest coast * and is dried 

 and eaten in winter.' 



Gaylussacia frondosa Terr. & Gray. Vacciniaceac. blue tangle, dangleberry. dwarf 

 huckleberry. 

 North America. The fruit is large, bluish, rather acid and is used for puddings. 

 The fruit is sweet and edible according to Gray.' In the southern states, the berries are 

 eaten.* 



G. resinosa Torr. & Gray, black huckleberry. 



North America. This plant has several varieties and occurs in woodlands and swamps 

 in northeast America. The berries are globular, of a shining black color, and Emerson ' 

 says are more valued in market than those of other species. 



Geitonoplesium cymosum A. Cunn. Liliaceae. shepherd's joy. 



Islands of the Pacific and east Australia. The young shoots offer a fine substitute 

 for asparagus, according to Mueller.'" 



Gelidium comeum Lam. Algae, kanteen. 



This seaweed occurs almost everywhere. In Japan, kanteen, or vegetable isinglass, 

 js prepared from it, which is eaten. The cleansed plant is boiled in water, the solution 

 is strained and allowed to set to a jelly in wooden boxes. The jelly is cut into long prisms, 



'Black, A. A. Trees. Bot. 1:521. 1870. 

 Brewer and Watson Bot. Cat. 1:455. 1880. 



Torrey Bot. U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv. 2:108. 1859. 



Hooker, W. J. Fl. Bar. Amer. 2:36. 1840. 

 ' Brown, R. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 9:384. 1868. 



' Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:452. 1875. 



' Gray, A. Man. Bot. 282. 1868. 



Elliott, S. Bo,'. 5o. Car., Ga. 1:496. 1821. (Vaccinium frondosum) 



Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:451. 1875. 

 Mueller, F. Sii. Pis. 214. 1891. 



