5IO STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



R. paniculatus Sm. 



Himalayan region. The fruit is eaten by the natives of Viti and is made into pud- 

 dings and pies by the whites. ' 



R. parvifolius Linn. Australian bramble. 



Malay, Australia and China. This species fruited in England in 1825. The fruit 

 was small, of a clear and brilliant pink color, very juicy, with a subacid, extremely pleasant 

 flavor, but the grains were few, large and pointed.' 



R. pedatus Sm. 



Western North America. The small, red berry has an excellent flavor and is eaten 

 by the natives of Alaska.' 



R. phoenicolasius Maxim, wineberry. 



Japan. The fruit is concealed by the sepals until ripe. At first white, the berry 

 ttu^ns bright red and is of a sweet and delicious flavor, between that of the common red 

 and the blackcap.'* 



R. rosaefolius Sm. Mauritius raspberry. 



Tropical Asia. In India, this shrub bears a fruit similar to the common raspberry 

 but the berry is filled with hard seeds and is of rather a poor taste.* The fruit is red when 

 ripe.' 



R. saxatilis Linn, roebuck berry, stone bramble. 



North temperate and arctic regions. The fruits, says Lightfoot,' are very acid alone 

 but eaten with sugar they make an agreeable dessert. The Russians ferment the fruit 

 with sugar and extract a potent spirit. Johnson * says the berries are more acid and 

 agreeable to the taste than those of the European blackberry. 



R. sellowii Cham. & Schlecht. 



Argentina and Brazil. The fruit is edible.' 



R. spectabilis Pursh. salmonberry. 



Northwest America. The yellow fruits, says Loudon,^" are of an acid and somewhat 

 astringent taste and make excellent tarts. The young shoots, as well as the berries, are 

 eaten by the Indians, the former being tied in bundles and steamed over the fire. There 

 are said to be two forms in Oregon: one rather soft, yellow, somewhat insipid, subacid, 

 about one inch in diameter when expanded; the other with red berries of a firmer texture 

 and more acid, a shy bearer." 



' Seemann, B. Fl. Viti. 76. 1865-73. (^- tiliaceus) 

 'Lindley, J. Trans. Hort. Soc. Land. 7:247. 1830. 

 CoviUe U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: No. 6. 331. 1896. 



Georgeson ^mer. Gori. 12:203. 1891. Fig. p. 205. 

 " Firminger, T. A. C. Gard. Ind. 249. 1870. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 198. 1874. 



' Lightfoot, J. H. Scot. 1:265, 266. 1879. 



Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 90. 1862. 



Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:537. 1832. 



' Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:741. 1844. 

 '' Case 5oi. /de 38. 1881. 



