524 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



known as saloop, which is still sold to the working classes in the early morning at the 

 comers of the London streets. In Virginia, the young shoots are made into a kind of beer. 



Satureia hortensis Linn. Labiatae. summer savory. 



South Europe; supposed to have been introduced into Britain in 1562 and known 

 to Gerarde in 1597. This species seems to be the satureia of Palladius ' in the third century 

 and of Albertus Magnus * in the thirteenth and is mentioned in England by Turner,' 1538, 

 which would indicate its presence there at this date. Siraimer savory was also well known 

 to all the earlier botanists and is mentioned as a common potherb by all the earlier writers 

 on gardening. In 1783, Bryant * says that, besides being used as a potherb, it is frequently 

 put into cakes, puddings and sausages. Summer savory was in American gardens in 

 1806 or earlier * and, as an escape from gardens, is now sparingly found. The whole plant 

 is highly odoriferous and it is usually preferred to the other species. 



S. montana Linn, winter savory. 



Caucasus and south Europe. This species was known to the earlier botanists and was 

 probably known in ancient culture, although it is not identified with any certainty. 

 It is mentioned in Turner's Herbal, 1562, and this is as far back as we have printed registers; 

 but there can be little doubt that this, with summer savory, was much cultivated in far 

 earlier times in England.' It was in American gardens in 1806.' The uses are the same 

 as for the preceding species. 



Saurauja napaulensis DC. Ternstroemiaceae. 



Himalayan region. A fine tree of Nepal, called gokul. The natives eat the berries.* 

 This is the gogina or goganda of northwest India. The palatable, viscid fruit is eaten.' 



Sauvagesia erecta Linn. Violarieae. 



Tropical America. The negroes and Creoles of Guiana use the leaves as a spinach.^" 

 It is called in Guiana adima or yaoba;^^ in Peru Yerba de St. Martin}''' 



Saxifraga crassifolia Linn. Saxifrageae. 



Siberia. This plant is called badan, and its leaves are used by the Mongols and 

 Bouriates as a substitute for tea." It is an inmate of French flower gardens. 



' Palladius Lib. 3: c. 24. 



Albertus Magnus Feg. Jessen Ed. 569. 1867. 

 Turner LibeUus 1538. 



Bryant Fl. Diet. 143. 1783. 

 'McMahon, B. Amer. Card. Cat. 583. 1806. 



Martyn Miller's Gard. Did. 1807. 



' McMahon, B. Amer. Gard. Cal. 583. 1806. 



Wallich PI. Asial. 2:40. 1830-32. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 25. 1876. 

 "Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 1:378. 183 1. 

 " Lindley, J. Veg. King. 343. 1846. 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 673. 1879. 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 793. 1879. 



