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Scaevola koenigii Vahl. Goodenovieae. 



Tropical regions. The leaves are eaten as potherbs. Some miraculous qualities are 

 ascribed to its berries. The pith, which is soft and spongy, is fashioned by the Malays 

 into artificial flowers.' 



Scandiz grandifiora Linn. Umbelliferae. 



Eastern Europe and Asia Minor. This is an annual herb much liked as a salad for 

 its pleasant, aromatic taste.^ 



S. pecten-veneris Linn, scandix. venus comb, wild chervil. 



East Mediterranean coimtries. This is the skanthrix, sold, according to scandal, by 

 the mother of Etuipides. Skanthrix is mentioned also as a potherb by Opion, 

 Theophrastus and Erisistratris. This, too, is the skanthrox of Dioscorides, eaten either 

 raw or cooked. Scandix is enumerated by Pliny among the esculent plants of Egypt. 

 It was observed by Honorius Bellus to be eaten in Crete.' 



Schinus dependens Orteg. Anacardiaceae. 



Brazil and Chile. The inhabitants prepare from the berries a kind of red wine of 

 an agreeable flavor but very heating.* The fruits have a less disagreeable flavor than 

 S. molle. 



S. latifolius Engl. 



Chile. Dr. Gillies * states that the Pehuenco Indians of Chile prepare by fermentation 

 an intoxicating liquor from the fruit of this or a nearly allied species. 



S. molle Linn. Australian pepper, molle. 



Tropical America. Acosta ' says that the molle tree possesses rare virtues, and that 

 the Indians make a wine from the small twigs. Garcilasso de la Vega ^ says, in Peru, 

 they make a beverage of the berries. Molina * says the people of Chile prepare a red wine, 

 very heating, from the berries. The tree was introduced into Mexico after the time of 

 Montezimia ' and is now found in southwestern United States. 



Schizandra grandifiora Hook. f. & Thoms. Magnoliaceae. 



Himalayan region. The fruits are pleasantly acid and are much eaten in Sikkim. 

 The seeds are very aromatic.'" Royle " says the fruit is eaten by the Hill People in the 

 Himalayas. 



' Balfour, J. H. Man. Bot. 523. 1875. (S. taccada) 



2 Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 445. 1891. 



' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 265. 1879. 



* Molina /Tw/. CAiW 1:117. 1808. (,.S. huygan) 



' Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:5$8. 1844. {Duvaua latifolia) 



Markham, C. R. Trav. Cieza de Leon. Hakl. Soc. Ed. 33:397. 1864. Note. 



' Ibid. 



' Molina Hist. Chili 117. 1808. 



' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 853. 1879. 

 " Hooker, J. D., and Thomson, J. Fl. Brit. Ind. i:^. 1855. 

 " Rojde, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1:62. 1839. 



