340 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



of Sicily and Spain. The green pods, says Mueller,' serve as a substitute for asparagus. 

 This plant is yet in French gardens for use as a string bean ' but apparently is not in much 

 request. In 1726, Townsend' an English seedsman, says, "I put them here, because 

 some people eat 'em when they are very young; but in my mind they are not good." In 

 1785, Bryant * reports this pea as in disuse except in some of the northern counties of 

 England. Clusius ' first saw the plant in a druggist's garden, in 1579, called pisum rubrum. 

 In 1588, Camerarius ' speaks of this pea in his Horticulture under the name pisum rubrum. 

 The winged pea was first seen by J. Bauhin " in 1594. Ray * describes it in 1686 but 

 gives no indication of cultivation or use. Parkinson,* 1629, calls it pisum quadratum 

 and it is mentioned in the second edition of Gerarde, 1638. I.t.is recorded in American 

 Gardens by Burr, 1863. 



Lucuma bifera Molina. Sapotaceae. sapota. 



Chile. This tree is cultivated in Chile. It bears ivncs a year, early in simmier and 

 in autimin, but the autumnal fruit alone produces kernels; these axi two and have the 

 appearance of chestnuts. The fruit is round and a little sloped. By keeping the fruits 

 some time in straw, they become ameliorated and acquire that pleasant taste which ren- 

 ders them so much esteemed.'" 



L. caimito Roem. 



Peru. The tree is cultivated in Peru. This fruit is about three inches long with a 

 soft and agreeable pulp." 



L. mammosa Gaertn. f. mammee. marmalade tree, sapota. 



West Indies and South America. In the West Indies, this tree is cultivated for its 

 fruit. The fruit is four or five inches in diameter and is covered with a rough, russet- 

 colored bark; the pulp is dark yellowish, soft, sweet, tasting not unlike a very ripe pear. 

 It makes an excellent marmalade but, eaten raw, has an aperient quality.'* 



L. obovata H. B. & K. lucuma. 



"Western Peru. The fruit is solid in consistence and so richly flavored that a small 

 quantity siiffices. It is sold in the markets at Lima.'' Garcilasso de la Vega '* says, 

 " another fruit is called by the Indians of Peru, rucma; by the Spaniards, lucuma. It 



'Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 121. 1876. 

 'VilmorinLei Pis. Potag. 322. 1883. 



Townsend Seedsman 7. 1726. 



Bryant Fl. Diet. 302. 1783. 

 'Clusius ffij/. 2:244. 1601. 

 Camerarius i7or/. Afei. 91. 1588. Fig. 26. 

 'Bauhin, J. Hist. PI. 2:$$?,. 1651. 

 "RayHtV. PI. 966. 1686. 



Martyn Miller Card. Did. 1807. 

 Molina Hist. Chili 1 : 1 29. 1 808. 



" Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 4:33. 1838. 

 "Lunan, J. Hort. Jam. 1:480. 1814. 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 662. 1879. 

 "Vega Roy. Comment. Hakl. See. Ed. a:363. 1S71. 



