312 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



it also as an ornamental plant, in nine varieties. As an ornamental plant, hyssop is 

 deserving of notice but its present use in American gardens must be very limited. It 

 is mentioned by Paulus Aegnita, in the seventh century, as a medicinal plant. It is said 

 by Fessenden,' 1828, to be occasionally used as a potherb. At present, it has become 

 naturalized as an escape from gardens in Michigan. In France, hyssop is grown in the 

 flower gardens.' 



Icacina senegalensis Juss. Olacineae. 



Tropical Africa. The fruit is about the size of an Orleans plum, of a yellow color, 

 with a flavor much resembling that of noyau.' 



Idesia polycarpa Maxim. Bixineae. 



Japan. This large-growing tree is cultivated for its fruits, which are many-seeded 



berries, the seeds lying in pulp.^ 



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Ilex cassine Walt. Ilicineae. cassina. dahoon holly, holly, yaupon. 



Eastern North America. Romans says the leaves of the cassina were roasted and 

 made into a decoction by the Creek Indians. The Indians attributed many virtues to 

 the tea and permitted only inen to drink it. Along the coast region of Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, the leaves of yaupon are used as a tea and are an object of sale. 



I, fertilis Reiss. 



Brazil. This species yields the mild vaaXi, considered equal to the best Paraguay tea.' 



I. glabra A. Gray. Appalachian tea. inkberry. 



Eastern North America. Porcher ' says the leaves form a tea substitute. 

 I. paraguensis A. St. Hil. mat^. yerba de mate. 



Paraguay. From this plant comes the well-known mate of South America, which 

 replaces tea in Brazil and Buenos Aires. It is consumed by the thousands of tons.' 



I. quercifolia Meerb. American holly. 



Eastern North America. According to Porcher,' the leaves afford a tea substitute 

 in the south. 



I. verticillata A. Gray, black alder, winterberry. 

 Porcher ^ says the leaves are substituted for tea. 



Illicium anisatum Linn. MagnoUaceae. Chinese anise. 



Eastern Asia. The fruit, about an inch in diameter, forms an article of commerce 



Fessenden New Amer. Card. 164. 1828. 

 ^Vilmonn Fl. PI. Ter. 522. 1870. 3rd Ed. 

 Don, G. Hisl. Dichl. Pis. 1:582. 1831. 



Moore, T. Treas. Boi. 2:iyyj. 1876. 



' Saunders U. S. D. A. Rpt. 217. 1881-82. (/. gigantea) 

 Porcher, F. P. Res. So. Fields, Forests 428. 1869. 

 ^U.S.D.A. Rpt. 193. 1870. 

 ' Porcher, F. P. Res. So. Fields, Forests 429. 1869. 



Porcher, F. P. Res. So. Fields, Forests 428. 1869. 



