30O STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



food." In 1863, Burr ' describes varieties with white, purple, red and yellow-skinned 

 tubers. 



The history of the Jerusalem artichoke has been well treated by Gray and Trumbull 

 in the American Journal of Science, May, 1877, and April, 1883. It was found in culture 

 at the Lew Chew Islands about 1853.* We offer a synonymy as below: 



Flos Solis Farnesianus sive Aster Peruanus tubercosus. Col. 13. 1616. 



Helianthemum itidicum tuberosum. Bauh. Pin. 277. 1623. 



De Solis flore tuberoso, seu flore Farnesiano Fabii Columnae. Aldinus, 91. 1625. 



Battatas de Canada. Park. Par. 1629. 



Adenes Canadenses seu flos solis glandulosus. Lauremb. 132. 1632. 



Flos Solis pyramidalis, parvo flore, tuberosa radice, Heliotropium indicum. Ger. 1633. 



Peruanus solis flos ex Indiis tuberosus. Col. in Hem. 878, 881. 1651. 



Potatoes of Canada. Coles. 1657. 



Canada &' Artischokki sub terra. H. R. P. 1665. 



Chrysanthemum latifolium Brasilianum. Bauh. Frod. 70. 167 1. 



Chrysanthemum Canadense arumosum. Cat. H. L. B. 1672. 



Helenium Canadense. Amman. 1676. 



Chrysanthemum perenne majus fol, integris, americanum tuberum. Mor. 1630. 



Jerusalem Artichoke. Ray 335- 1686. 



Corona solis parvo flore, tuberosa radice. Toum. 489. 17 19. 



Helianthus radice tuberosa esculenta, Hierusalem Artichoke. Clayton. 1739. 



Helianthus foliis ovato cordatis triplinervus. Gronov. Virg. 129. 1762. 



Helianthus tuberosus. Linn. Sp. 1277. 1763. 



Helichrysum serpyllifolium Less. Compositae. hottentot tea. 



South Africa. This plant is used as a tea substitute under the name of Hottentot tea.* 



Heliconia bihai Linn. Scitamineae. false plantain. 



South America. In the West Indies, the young shoots are eaten by the natives.* 



H. psittaconun Linn. f. parrot's plantain. 

 South America. In the West Indies, the shoots are eaten.* 



Helwingia rusciflora Willd. Araliaceae. 



Japan. The young leaves, says Balfour,' are used in Japan as an esculent. 



Hemerocallis sp.? Liliaceae. day lily. 



Northern Asia. It is somewhat difficult, says Penhallow,' to give testimony bearing 

 upon the flavor and desirable qualities of flowers and buds from various species of 

 Hemerocallis. In certain sections of the Island of Yezo, particularly on the pumice for- 



'Burr, F. Field, Card.- Veg. 37. 1863. 



'Birdwood Veg. Prod. Bomb. 165. 1865. 



' Card. Chron. 20:766. 1883. 



< Masters Treas. Bot. 1:575. 1870. 



> Ibid. 



Balfour, J. H. Treas. Bot. 1:579. 1870. 



'Penhallow, D. P. Amer. Nat. 16:119. 1882. 



