412 STURTEVANTS NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



Pedicularis langsdorffi Fisch. Scrophularineae. lousewort. 



Arctic regions. Ainslie ' says the leaves are employed as a substitute for tea by the 

 inhabitants of the Kurile Islands. 



Pelargonium acetosiun Soland. Geraniaceae. stork's bill. 

 Cape of Good Hope. The buds and acid leaves are eaten.* 



P. peltatum Ait. 



South Africa. At the Cape of Good Hope, the buds and acid leaves are eaten.' 



P. triste Ait. 



South Africa. Syme * says the tubers are eaten at the Cape of Good Hope. 



P. zonale L'H^rit. 



South Africa. The leaves and stalks are eaten in Yemen.^ 



Peltandra virginica Rafin. Ariodeae. arrow arum. Virginian wake robin. 



Eastern North America. Bartram told Kalm that the Indians ate the boiled spadix 

 and berries as a luxury. When the berries are raw they have a harsh, pungent taste, 

 which they lose in great measure upon boiling. The Indians also eat the roots cooked 

 but never raw, as they are then reckoned poisonous.' 



Peltaria alliacea Jacq. Cruciferae. garlic cress. 



Central Europe. This plant is classed as an edible by botanists. 



Pemphis acidula Forst. Lythraceae. 



Tropical Asia and islands of the Pacific. The leaves are used as a potherb along the 

 shores.' 



Pennisetum dasystachyum Desv. Gramineae. 



Guiana. Barth, in Travels in Northern Africa, says, at Agades, the slaves were busy 

 collecting and pounding the seeds of the karengia, or uzak, which constitutes a great part 

 of their food. Livingstone says the seeds are collected regularly by the slaves over a large 

 portion of central Africa and are used as food. 



P. typhoideum Rich, spiked millet. 



Tropics. This grass is supposed by Pickering ' to be a native of tropical America. 

 It is extensively cultivated about Bombay and forms a very important article of food to 

 the natives.* In Africa, Livingstone "* found it cultivated in great quantities as food for 



'Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 1:128. 1826. 

 'Baillon, H. Hisl. Pis. 5:32. 1878. 

 Ibid. 



Syme, J. T. Treas. Bof. 1:856. 1870. 

 ' Forskal Fl. Aeg. Arab. XCIII. 1775. 



Kalm, P. rrai). iVo. ^mer. 1:98, 387, 388. 1772. (Arumvirginicum) 

 'Lindley, J. Veg. King. 575. 1853. 

 Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 898. 1879. 

 Ibid. 

 " Livingstone, D. Trav. Research. So. Afr. 350. 1858. 



