sturtevant's notes on edible plants 295 



G. sapida Roxb. 



Himalayan region. This plant bears a small but palatable fruit/ much used for 

 sherbets.* 



G. scabrophylla Roxb. 



Himalayan region and Burma. The fruit, the size of a gooseberry, is eaten in India ' 

 and is used for sherbets.* 



G. tiliaefolia Vahl. 



Tropics of Asia and Africa. Its drupe, the size of a pea, is of an agreeable, acid 

 flavor.^ 



G. villosa Wild. 



East Indies. The fruit is of the size of a cherry, with a sweet, edible pulp and is eaten 

 in India.* 



Grias cauliflora Linn. Myrtaceae. anchovy pear. 



West Indies. The anchovy pear is a native of Jamaica, where it forms a high tree. 

 It has for a long time been cultivated in plant houses for the sake of its magnificent foliage. 

 The fruits are pear-shaped, russet-brown drupes and when young are pickled like the 

 mango, which they resemble in taste.' This plant is cultivated to a limited extent in 

 extreme southern Florida.* 



Guazuma tomentosa H. B. & K. Sterculiaceae. bastard cedar. 



West Indies; introduced into India. The fruit is filled with mucilage, which is said 

 by Dnxry ^ to be very agreeable to the taste. 



G. ulmifolia Lam. bastard cedar. 



Tropical America. The fruit, says St. Hilaire,'" is hard and woody but is filled 

 with a mucilage of a sweet and agreeable taste, which can be sucked with pleasure. 

 In Jamaica, says Lunan," the fruit is eaten by the negroes, either raw or boiled as a 

 green. 



Guizotia abyssinica Case. Compositae. ramtil. 



Tropical Africa. This plant is a native of Abj^nia, where it is cultivated, as well 

 as in India, for the sake .of its seeds, which yield an oil to pressure, bland like that of sesame 



' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 42. 1874. 



'Royle, J. F. Illiislr. Bot. Himal. 1:104. 1839. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. ^o. 1874. (G. sclerophylla) 



*Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:104. 1839. 



'Brandis, D. Forest Fl. ^i. 1874. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 39. 1874. 



'Rhind, W. Veg. King. 374. 1855. 



'Redmond, D. Amer. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 55. 1875. 



Drury, H. Useful Pis. Ind. i^t. 1873. 



'" St. Hilaire, A. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1:118. 1825. 



" Lunan, J. Horl. Jam. 1:60. 18 14. 



