sturtevant's notes on edible plants 453 



Bryant,' 1783, says it is so frequently cultivated in gardens that to describe it would be 

 unnecessary. Burnet is recorded for American gardens in 1832 and it was then doubt- 

 less, a long-grown plant. It is now grown in the Mauritius.^ 



Pourouma cecropiaefolia Mart. Uriicaceae. 



Brazil. This is a cultivated plant of the Amazon, says Bates,' bearing a round, juicy 

 berry, in large bunches and resembling grapes in taste. 



Pouzolzia viminea Wedd. Urticaceae. 



East Indies. A small shrub the leaves of which are eaten in Sikldm.^ 



Prangos pabularia Lindl. Umbelliferae. francos. 



Himalayan region. Bumes says this plant is greedily cropped by sheep and is eaten 

 even by his fellow travelers, a statement confirmed by Kinnier.' 



Premna integrifolia Linn. Verbenaceae. headache tree. 



East Indies and Malay. AinsUe says the leaves are eaten by the inhabitants of 

 the Coromandel coast. 



P. latifoUa Roxb. 



East Indies. The leaves have a strong but not disagreeable odor and are eaten by 

 the natives in their curries.' 



Primula officinalis Jacq. Primulaccae. primrose. 



Europe and Asia Minor. The leaves are eaten in salads.' 



P. vulgaris Huds. cowslip, primrose. 



Europe and adjoining Asia. The flowers are picked when first open and fermented 

 with water and sugar. The liquor, when well prepared, is pleasant in flavor and very 

 intoxicating, resembling in taste some of the sweet wines of the south of France. In 

 many parts of England, primrose flowers are collected in large quantities for this pur- 

 pose. The leaves also are wholesome and may be eaten as a salad or boiled as a green 

 potherb.' 



Pringlea antiscorbutica R. Br. Cruciferae. kerguelen's land cabbage. 



Antarctics. This plant was first discovered by Captain Cook and was subsequently 

 observed by Hooker '" on Kerguelen's Land, a cold, himiid, barren, volcanic rock of the 



' Bryant Fl. Diet. 107. 1783. 

 '' Bojer, W. Hort. Maurit. 127. 1837. 



Bates, H. W. Nal. Amaz. Humboldt Libr. Sci. 1:728. 1879-80. 

 * Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 405. 1876. 

 ' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 328. 1879. 

 ' Ainslie, W. Mat. Ind. 2:210. 1826. 

 ' Drury, H. Useful Pis. Ind. 354. 1873. 



' De Candolle, A. P., and LaMarck, J. B. Flore Franc. 3:446. 1805. 

 Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 212. 1862. (P.veris) 

 "Hooker, J. D. Bot. Antarctic Foy. 2:239. 1847. 



