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Rhodymenia palmata Grev. Algae, dillisk. dulse. 



This seaweed is the dulse of the Scotch and the dillisk of the Irish. It is much eaten 

 in both countries, as well as in most of the northern states of Europe, by the poor along 

 the shores and is transmitted as an article of humble luxxiry over most parts of the country. 

 It is generally eaten raw, either fresh from the sea or after having been dried, but is some- 

 times cooked. It is exposed for sale in the markets of Irish towns and also in the Irish 

 quarters of New York. In the Mediterranean, it forms a common ingredient in soups.^ 



Rhopalostylis sapida H. Wendl. & Drude. Palmae. nika palm. 

 New Zealand. The natives eat the young inflorescence.^ 



Rhus albida Schousb. Anacardiaceae. 



Arabia, Syria and northern Africa. The fruit is edible and is eaten as a condiment.' 



R. aromatica Ait. fragrant sumach. 



Northern United States. According to Nuttall,* the drupes are acid and edible. 



R. copallina Linn, dwarf sumach, mountain sumach. 



North America. Elliott ' says the berries are possessed of an agreeable, acid taste 

 and, infused in water, form a pleasant beverage. Pursh * says the leaves are used as 

 tobacco by the Indians of the Missouri and Mississippi. 



R. coriaria Linn, elm-leaved sumach, tanner's sumach. 



Mediterranean region and Persia. At Aleppo, the seeds are used as an appetizer 

 at meals ' as mustard is in Britain. * In India, Brandis says the acid fruit is eaten. Pallas '" 

 says this is the sutnagh or redoul of the Tartars and is employed by them as well as by the 

 Turks in their meat broths, to which they impart a very agreeable acid. 



R. cotinus Linn, smoke-plant. 



Mediterranean region, the Orient, Himalayas and China. The leaves were used in 

 China in the fourteenth century " 



R. glabra Linn, scarlet sumach, vinegar tree. 



North America. Emerson * sajrs the velvety, crimson berries of this sumach are of 

 an agreeable, acid taste and are sometimes used as a substitute for lemon juice. Kalm " 

 says the boys of Philadelphia eat the berries but they are very sour. 



Harvey, W. H. Phycol. Brit. 2: PI. CCXVIIL 1846-51. 

 ' Seemann, B. Pop. Hist. Palms 60. 1856. {Areca sapida) 

 'Baillon, H. Hist. Pis. 5:300. 1878. 



Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:557. i844- 

 ' Elliott, S. Bot. So. Car., Ga. 1:362. 1821. 



Pursh, F. Fl. Amer. Septent. 1:205. 1814. 

 'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Ph. 2:71. 1832. 



' Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:554. 1844. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 120. 1876. 



"Pallas, P. S. Trav. Russia 2:210. 1803. 



" Bretschneider, E. Bot. Sin. 52. 1882. 



" Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:573. 1875. 



" Kalm, P. Trav. No. Amer. i:5g. 1772. 



