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Lodoicea calUpyge Comm. Palmae. coco de mer. double cocoanut. 



Seychelles Islands. The heart of the leaves is eaten and is often preserved in vinegar. 

 The fniit is the largest any tree produces, sometimes weighing 40 or 50 pounds, with a 

 length of 18 inches and a circumference of 3 feet. The immature fruit affords a sweet 

 and melting aliment.' Brandis ^ says the fruit takes several years to come to inaturity. 



Lonicera angustifolia Wall. Caprifoliaceae. narrow-leaved honeysuckle. 



HimalJfyan region. The sweet berry, of the size of a pea, is eaten in India.' 



L. ciliata Muhl. fly honeysuckle. 



Western North America. In Oregon and California, the fruit is much used by the 

 Indians and is considered good by white hunters.* 



L. involucrata Banks. 



Western North America. The fruit is eaten by the Indians of Oregon and Alaska.* 



Lophophjrtum sp.? Balanophoreae. 



Masters says one species is eaten in Bolivia.' 



Loranthus exocarpi Behr. Loranthaceae. 



Australia. The fruit is an oblong drupe about one-half inch in length. It is sweet 

 and is eaten raw.^ 



Loreya arborescens DC. Melastomaceae. 



Guiana. This species furnishes gooseberry-like fruits of little value, according to 

 linger.' 



Lotus edulis Linn. Leguminosae. bird's-foot trefoil. 



Mediterranean countries. In Crete, the pods aie eaten when young as a string bean 

 by the poorer inhabitants.' 



L. gebelia Vent. 



Orient. The pods are eaten as a string bean about Aleppo.'* 



L. tetragonolobus Linn, winged pea. 



Mediterranean region. In France, according to Robinson," this pea is activated as 

 a vegetable. The pods were formerly employed, says Johns,'* as an esculent by the poor 



' Seemann, B. Pop. Hist. Palms 244. 1856. 

 'Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 545. 1876. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 255. 1874. 

 *U. S. D.A. Rpt. 414. 1870. 

 'Ibid. 



Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:(>i)5. 1870. 



' Palmer, E. Journ. Roy. Soc. New So. Wales 17:100. 1884. 



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



Don, G. Hist. DicM. Pis. 2:195. 1832. 

 "Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:197. 1832. 

 "Robinson Parks, Card. Paris 504. 1878. 

 "Johns, C. A. Treas. Bot. 2:113$. 1870. 



