STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 349 



Maerua crassifolia Forsk. Capparideae. 



Arabia. This is an arborescent shrub called in Yemen maeru. Its fruit is eaten 

 by boys.' 



Maesa argentea Wall. Myrsineae. 



Himalayan region. The round, smooth, white berry, the size of a peppercorn, is eaten.^ 



M. indica Wall. 



East Indies and Malay. The very small, globose, white berry is eaten in Nepal. 

 At Bombay it is called atki* 



Magnolia grandiflora Linn. Magnoliaceae. magnolia. 



Eastern North America. The flowers are pickled in some parts of Devonshire, 

 England, and are considered exquisite in flavor.* 



M. yulan Desf. yulan. 



China. The Chinese pickle the flower-buds, after having removed the calyx, and use 

 them for flavoring rice.' 



Maieta guianensis Aubl. Melastomaceae. 



Guiana. The fruit is succulent, edible and of a beautiful red color.' This plant 

 furnishes gooseberry-like fruits of little value.' 



M. heterophyUa DC. 



Peru. The fruit is eaten.' 



M. poeppigii Mart. 



Peru. The fruit is eaten.' 



Malpighia angustifolia Linn. Malpighiaceae 

 West Indies. The fruit is edible.i" 



M. aquifolia Linn. 



West Indies. The fruit is dark purple when ripe and is edible." 



M. berteriana Sprang. 



Guadeloupe. The fruit is edible.*^ 



1 Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 390. 1879. 

 ' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 283. 1876. 

 Ibid. 



* Loudon, J. C. Hort.68g. i860. 



'Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 1:280. 1854. (M. conspicua) 

 AubletHii/. P/i. Giwone 1:443. 1775. 

 'Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 351. 1859. 

 Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. T-iZ. 1881. 



Ibid. 



"Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 1:634. 1831. 

 " Don, G. HUt. Dichl. Pis. 1:635. 1831. 

 Ibid. 



