310 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



H. canadense Linn. 



. North America. Barton ' says the roots of this species were eaten by the Indians 

 in times of scarcity. 



H. virginicum Linn. Indian salad, shawnee salad. 



North America. This plant is called in the western states, according to Serra,' 

 Indian salad or Shawnee salad, because eaten as such by the Indians, when tender. Some 

 of the first settlers ate the plant. 



Hygrophila spinosa T. Anders. Acanthaceae. 



East India and Malay. The leaves are used as a potherb.' 



Hymenaea courbaril Linn. Leguminosae. 



A colossal tree of tropical and southern subtropical South America. The pods con- 

 tain three or foiir seeds, inclosed in a whitish substance, as sweet as honey, which the 

 Indians eat with great avidity, though, says Lunan,* it is apt to purge when first gathered. 

 Brown,' in British Guiana, says this pulp tastes not unlike a dry cake, being sweet and 

 melting in the mouth. It is called algarroba in Panama, jatal in Brazil and simiri in 

 Guiana.' 



Hyoseris lucida Linn. Compositae. swine's succory. 



Egypt. Wilkinson ' says this plant is the hypocheris of Pliny and is esciilent. 



Hjrpelate paniculata Cambess. Sapindaceae. 



West Indies. The fruit is the size of a plum and is edible after roasting. 



Hyphaene thebaica Mart. Palmae. gingerbread tree. 



African tropics. The fruits which are produced in long clusters, each containing 

 between one and two hundred, are beautiftilly polished, of a rich, yellowish-brown color 

 and are of irregular form. In Upper Egypt, they form part of the food of the poorer 

 classes of inhabitants, the part eaten being the fibrous, mealy husk, which tastes almost 

 exactly like gingerbread, but its dry, husky nature renders it unpalatable.* 



Hypochoeris apargioides Hook. & Am. Compositae. 



Chile. The root of this perennial herb is used for culinary purposes like that of 

 scorzonera.' 



' Barton, W. P. C. Med. Bot. 2:xiii. 1818. 



' Serra, C. de. Trans. Horl. Soc. Land. 4:445. 1822. 



Dutt, U. C. Mat. Med. Hindus 216. 1877. 



* Lunan, J. Hort. Jam. 1:462. 1814. 



' Brown, C. B. Camp Life Brit. Cuiana 180. 1876. 

 Smith, A. Treas. Bot. 2:(x>9,. 1870. 

 'Wilkinson, J. G. Anc. Egypt. 2:33. 1854. 

 ' Smith, A. Treas. Bot. i-.di^. 1870. 



Mueller,?. Sel. Ph. 23C. 1891. 



