STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 4II 



and contains a multitude of black seeds, which are eaten with the pulp.' Titford " says 

 it is delicious. The granadilla is cultivated in tropical America and in India and is grown 

 in conservatories for its flowers. If fruit be wanted, the flowers must be artifically fertilized. 



P. serrata Linn. 



Mauritius. It has edible fruit.* 



PaxUlinia cupana H. B. & K. Sapitidaceae. 



Brazil. The seeds are mingled with cassava and water and allowed to ferment, form- 

 ing the favorite drink of the Orinoco Indians.* The pounded seeds form guarana bread. 

 This bread is made by the Indians and is highly esteemed in Brazil. About 16000 poimds 

 are exported from Santarem.' The bread is grated into sugar and water and forms a diet 

 drink.* Its active principle is a substance called gtiaranine, which is identical in com- 

 position with the thein of tea." 



P. subrotunda Pers. 



Royle * says this plant has an edible aril. Henfrey ' says the seeds are eaten. 



Pavetta indica Linn. Riibiaceae. 



Asia and tropical Australia. The fruit, which is of a green color, is eaten by the 

 natives but is oftener made into a pickle.'" 



Pectinaria articulata Haw. Asclepiadeae. 



South Africa. Thimberg " says this thick plant without leaves, is eaten, after being 

 pickled, by the Hottentots, and also by the colonists. 



Pedalium murex Linn. Pedalineae. 



Tropical eastern Asia. The leafy stems, says Drury,'* are used in thickening butter- 

 milk, to which they give a rich appearance. Roxbvirgh " says venders of buttermilk are 

 in the habit of diluting their merchandise with water and then thickening the mixture 

 with this plant, which makes the adulterated article seem rich and of the best sort. 

 A. Smith " says that water becomes mucilaginous by being simply stirred with the fresh 

 branches of this plant. 



' Lunan, J. Hort. Jam. 1:^4. 1814. 



2 Titford, W. J. Hort. Bot. Amer. 91. 1812. 



Lindley, J. Veg. King. 333. 1853. 



* Moore, T. Treas. Bot. 2:853. 1870. 



' Simmonds, P. L. Trap. Agr. 26. 1889. 



Hemdon, W. L., and Gibbon, L. Explor. Vail. Amaz. 1:266. 1854. Note. 



'Smith, A. rreaj.5o<. 2:853. 1870. 



Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:137. 1839. 



'Henfrey, A. So/. 234. 1870. (P. sorbilis) 



"Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 2:28g. 1826. 



" Thunberg, C. P. Trav. 2:171. 1796. (Stapelia articulata) 



" Drury, H. Useful Pis. Ind. 334. 1873. 



"Wight, R. /con. P/5. 4: PI. 1615. 1850. 



"Smith, A. Treas. Bo/. 2:855. 1870. 



