sturtevant's notes on edible plants 483 



R. niiziana DC. 



Peru. The fruit is eaten by the Indians of Chile.' 



R. uliginosa Poir. 



East Indies and Burma. The ash-colored fruit is sold in bazaars in Oudh and Bihar 

 and is eaten when cooked.^ 



Ranunculus bulbosus Linn. Ranunculaceae. buttercup. 



Europe and naturalized in the United States. Lightfoot ' says the roots when boiled 

 become so mild as to be eatable. 



R. edulis. Boiss. & Hohen. egg-yolk. 



Asia Minor and north Persia. The small tubers, together with the young stems 

 and leaves of the blossoms, serve as food. It is called morchserdag or egg-yolk, on account 

 of the yellow color of the flowers.* 



R. ficaria Linn, buttercup, lesser celandine, small celandine. 



Caucasus and Europe. The young leaves, according to Linnaeus, may be eaten in 

 the spring with other potherbs. 



R. repens Linn, butter daisy, creeping crowfoot, yellow gowan. 



North temperate regions. This species has less of the acrid quality which is found 

 in most species of the genus and is said to be eaten in Europe as a potherb. 



R. sceleratus Linn. 



North temperate regions. After boiling, the shepherds in Wallachia eat this 

 species.* 



Raphanus landra Moretti. Cruciferae. Italian radish, landra. 



Italy. The radical leaves are prepared with oil and eaten as a salad by the poor 

 inhabitants of Insubri.^ 



R. maritimus Sm. black radish. Spanish radish. 



Western Europe. The leaves and slender roots are mentioned by Dioscorides as 

 eaten as a potherb.' The large, succident roots, according to Walker,* are preferable 

 to horseradish for the table. 



R. raphanistrum Linn, jointed charlock, runch. wild mustard, wild radish. 



A troublesome weed of Europe naturalized in northeastern America. In the outer 

 Hebrides, its leaves are eaten as a salad. In the grain fields of England, it is so common 



' Ruiz and Pavon Fl. Peru 2:67. 1 798-1 802. 

 ' Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 273. 1876. 

 ' Lightfoot, J. Fl. Scot. 1:2^2. 1789. 



Unger, F. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 356. 1859. 

 'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 1:33. 1831. 



Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 1:263. 1831. 



' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 207. 1879. (Raphanistrum maritimum) 

 Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 1:263. 1831. 



