sturtevant's notes on edible plants 313 



amongst Asiatic nations. In 1872, Shanghai received 703,066 pounds. The Chinese 

 mix the fruit with coffee and tea to improve the flavor.' The Mohammedans of India 

 season some of their dishes with the capsiales,^ and the capsules are largely imported into 

 Germany, France and Italy for the flavoring of spirits.' 



Imbricaria malabarica Poir. Sapotaceae. 

 East Indies. The fleshy fruit is edible.* 



I. maxima Boir. 



Island of Bourbon. This species, also, has a fleshy, edible fruit.' 



Inga buorgoni DC. Leguminosae. 



Tropical America. The pulp of this legume is edible.* 



I. fagifoUa Willd. 



Tropical America. The seeds are covered with a fleshy, edible pulp.' 



I. feuillei DC. 



Peru. This plant is a native of Peru and is cultivated there in gardens, where it 

 is called pacay. The white piilp of its long pods is eaten.' 



I. insignia Kimth. 



Ecuador. The pulp of the legimie is edible.' 



I. marginata Willd. 



Tropica] America. The legtmie contains a sweet and sapid edible pulp.'" 



I. spectabilis Willd. 



Tropical America. This plant bears a pod with black seeds in sweet, juicy cotton. 

 It was called guavas by Cieza de Leon " in his travels, 1532-50. It is the guavo real of 

 Panama and is commonly cultivated for the white pulp about the seeds. 



I. vera Willd. Linn. 



Tropical America. The pulp about the seeds is sweet and is eaten by negroes.*^ 



Inocarpus edulis Forst. Leguminosae. tahitian chestnut. 



Islands of the Pacific. The nuts of the ivi, or Tahitian chestnut, says Seemann," 

 are eaten in the Fiji Islands, roasted or in a green state, and are soft and pleasant to the 



'Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 1:258. 1854. 



'Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 2:18. 1826. 



' Fluckiger and Hanbury Pharm. 20. 1879. 



Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:620. 1870. 

 5 Ibid. 



Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpi. 333. 1859. 

 'Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:183. 1839. 

 Smith, A. Treas. Bot. 2:623. 1870. 



Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 333. 1859. 

 '"Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:387. 1832. {I. sapida) 



" Markham, C. R. Trav. Cieza de Leon. Hakl. Soc. Ed. 16, 99. 1864. 

 "Sloane, H. Nat. Hist. Jam. 2: sg. 1725. 

 "Seemann, B. Fl. Viti. 70, yi. 1865-73. 



