sturtevant's notes on edible plants 505 



Rosmarinus officinalis Linn. Labiatae. rosemary. 



West Mediterranean countries and grown in gardens for its use in flavoring meats 

 and soups. This aromatic herb had many virtues ascribed to it by Pliny and is also 

 mentioned by Dioscorides and Galen. Rosemary was also familiar to the Arab physicians 

 of Spain in the thirteenth century and is mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon herbal of the 

 eleventh century.' The first notice of its use as a condiment is by Lignamine, 1475,^ 

 who describes rosemary as the usual condiment with salted meats. In 1783, rosemary 

 is described' by Bryant ' as so common in gardens as to be known to every one. It finds 

 mention in nearly all the earlier botanies. In 1778, Mawe ^ names four varieties: Com- 

 mon Narrow-leaved, Broad-leaved, the Silver-striped and Gold-striped-leaved. It was 

 in American gardens in 1806 or earlier. 



Roupellia grata Wall. & Hook. Apocynaceae. cream-fruit. 



Tropical Africa. In Sierra Leone, this plant affords a delicious fruit, according to 

 Henfrey.' 



Rubus arcticus Linn. Rosaceae. arctic bramble, crimson bramble. 



Northern and arctic regions. This species, says Loudon,^ has a highly flavored 

 fruit. In Lapland, its fruit is valued and is extolled by Linnaeus. In northern Scandi- 

 navia, the fruit is delicious, having the aroma of the pineapple.^ It affords in Labrador, 

 says Pursh,' amber-colored, very dehcious fruit. In Alaska, the berries are eaten.' The 

 western Eskimo, according to Seemann,'" use the berries of this species as a winter food. 

 They are collected in autumn and frozen. 

 R. biflorus Buch.-Ham. 



India and Himalayas up to 10,000 feet. The fruit is either red or orange." 

 R. borbonicus Pers. 



The fruit is like that of R. caesius Linn." 

 R. buergeri Miq. 



Japan. In Japan, this species furnishes edible fruit." 

 R. caesius Linn, dewberry of England. 



Europe, Orient and northern Asia. The fruit is small, says Loudon," with few grains 

 but these are large, juicy, black, with a fine, glaucous bloom and are very agreeably acid. 



' Fluckiger and Hanbury Pharm. 488. 1879. 



= Ibid. 



'Bryant Fl. Diet. 141. 1783. 



* Mawe and Abercrombie Univ. Card. Bol. 1778. 

 ' Henfrey, A. 5o/. 317. 1870. 



Loudon, J. C. Horl. 569. i860. 



'' Thi Chaillu Land Midnight Sun 1:1 $2. 1882. 



' Pursh, F. Fl. Amer. Septent. i:n<). 1814. 



'Dall, W. H. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 1S7. 1868. 

 '"Seemann, B. Anlhrop. Journ. y. CCClll. 1865. [R. acaulis) 

 " Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 427. 1891. 

 " Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:530. N. 14. 1832. 

 " Georgeson Amer. Card. 12:204. 1891. 

 " Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:739. 1844. 



