STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 3OI 



mation of the east coast, these plants are very abundant and, at the time of blossoming, 

 the fields for miles along the road on either side are almost uniformly golden-yellow. At 

 such times the Aino women may be seen busily engaged gathering the flowers which they 

 take home to dry or pickle in salt. They are afterwards used in soups. 



H. minor Mill. 



Northern Asia. In China, the yoimg leaves are eaten and appear to intoxicate or 

 stimulate to some extent. The flowers are eaten as a relish with meat.' This species is 

 said by Vilmorin - to be a native of Siberia and to be grown in French flower gardens. 



Henriettea succosa DC. Melasiomaceae. 



Guinea. The plant furnishes a gooseberry-like fruit of little value.' 



Henriettella fiavescens Triana. Melasiomaceae. 



Guiana. This species furnishes a gooseberry-like fruit of little value.* 



Heracleum cordatum Presl. Umbelliferae. cow parsnip. 



Sicily. The root is black, sweet scented and is used as angelica by the Sicilians.^ 



H. flavescens Baumg. yellow cow parsnip. 



This plant is used as a food and, in Kamchatka, a spirit called raka is prepared from it.^ 



H. lanattun Michx. American cow parsnip. 



Subarctic America. The roots and young stems are eaten by some of the tribes 

 along the Pacific and it is also used by the Crees of the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains 

 as a potherb.' 



H. pubescens Bieb. downy cow parsnip. 



The young shoots are filled with a sweet, aromatic juice and are eaten raw by the 

 natives of the Caucasus,* where it is native. In France, it is grown in the flower garden.' 



H. sibiricum Linn. 



In Prussia, this plant is sown in April and the next year yields an immense amount 

 of foliage to be used as fodder. It is more especially grown for ewes than for any other 

 kind of stock. In 1854, seed from Germany was distributed from the United States Patent 

 Office.'" Captain Cook says this plant was formerly a principal ingredient in the cookery 

 of most of the Kamchatka dishes but since the Russians got possession of the country it 

 has been almost entirely appropriated to the purpose of distillation. 



'Smith, F. P. Contrib. Mat. Med. China no. 1871. 

 'Vilmorin /Y. PI. Ter. 507. 1870. 3rd Ed. (H. graminea) 

 'Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 351. 1859. (Melastoma succosum) 

 <Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 351. 1859. {Melastoma flavescens) 

 'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:342. 1834. 

 Don, G. Htst. Dichl. Pis. y.2,^1. 1834. 

 'Brown, R. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 9:381. 1868. 

 Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:3:^2. 1868. 



Vilmorin Fl. PI. Ter. 163. 1870. 3rd Ed. (Berce pubescente) 

 > U. S. Pal. Off. Rpt. 1854. Preface. 



