526 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



Schlzostachyum hasskarlianum Kurz. Gramineae. 



Java. The young shoots of this bamboo, when bursting out of the ground, are cooked 

 as a vegetable in Java.' 



S. serpentinum Kurz. 



Java. Mueller ' saj-s the yoiuig shoots are used as a vegetable. 



Schleichera trijuga Willd. Sapindaceae. gum-lac. 



A handsome tree of India. Wight ' says the subacid aril of the seed is eaten, and 

 from the seeds a lamp-oil is expressed in Malabar. 



Schmidelia edulis A. St. Hil. Sapindaceae. fruta de parao. 



Brazil. The fruits are of a sweet and agreeable taste and are sought for by 

 the inhabitants of the places where they grow.^ 



Schotia speciosa Jacq. Leguminosae. caffir bean. 



Tropical and south Africa. The beans of this poisonous shrub are said by Thunberg ' 

 to be boiled and eaten by the Hottentots. According to Atherstone,* the beans are roasted 

 and eaten in the Albany districts, where they are called hoer boom. 



Scin'dapsus cuscuaria Presl. Aroideae. 



Malay. The corms are baked and eaten by the Polynesians.' 



Scirpus articulatus Linn. Cyperaceae. 



Africa, East Indies and Austraha. This species is enimierated by Thunberg ' among 

 the edible plants of Japan. 



S. grossus Linn. f. 



East Indies and Malay. In portions of India in time of famine, the root is eagerly 

 dug for human food. The fibers and dark cuticle being removed, the solid part of the 

 root is dried, groimd and made into bread, a little flour being sometimes mixed with it.' 



S. lacustris Linn, bulrush, tule. 



Northern climates. In California, the plant is called tule and the roots are eaten by 

 the Sierra Indians;'" they are also eaten by the Indians of Arizona and the upper Missouri. 



S. maritimus Linn, seaside bulrush. 



In India, the roots, which are large, have been ground and used as a flour in times 

 of scarcity." 



1 Mueller, F. 5W. P/i. 450. 1 89 1. 



' Ibid. 



"Wight, R. Illustr. Ind. Bot. 1:14.0. 1840. 



* Saint Hilaire, A. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1:2^4. 1825. 

 ' Thunberg, C. P. Trav. 1:207. 1795. 



Black, A. A. Treas. Bot. 2:1035. 1870. 

 ' Seeraann, B. Fl. Viti. 287. 1865-73. 



Thunberg, C. P. Fl. Jap. XKXIW. 1784. 



' King, Dr. B<3. 5oc. <it"6. 10:198, 243. 1870. (Hymenockaeta grossa) 



Fremont Explor. Exped. 364. 1844. 



"Royle, J. F. lUustr. Bot. Himal. 1:413. 1839. 



