534 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



Sicana odorifera Naud. Cucurbitaceae. coroa. curua. 



Brazil. The odor of the fruit is agreeable. The taste is sweet and at first not 

 unpleasant but it soon nauseates. Notwithstanding this, there are some persons, says 

 Correa de Mello,' but not many, who eat it. 



Sicyomorpha sp. Celastrineae. 



A genus of plants from Peru. The fruit is said to be edible and is similar in form 

 to a cucvunber.* 



Sicyos angulata Linn. Cucurbitaceae. bur cucumber. 



Eastern United States. In New Zealand, this plant is boiled for greens.' In France, 

 it is an inmate of the flower garden.* 



Sideroxylon australe Benth. & Hook. f. Sapotaceae. 

 Australia. The plants jaeld a tolerably good fruit.* 



S. dulcificiun A. DC. miraculous berry. 



Tropical Africa. The fruit is eaten by the English residents of western Africa to 

 counteract acidity of any article of food or drink, the sweet flavor being retained by the 

 palate for a considerable time.' 



S. tomentosum Roxb. 



East Indies. The fruit is about the size of a crab and not unlike one, agreeing 

 moreover with the sour, austere taste of that fruit. It is made into pickles, and the 

 natives cook and eat it in their curries.' 



Silaus flavescens Bemh. Umbelliferae. meadow saxifrage, pepper saxifrage. 



Middle Europe. This species is mentioned by Pliny. It is cooked as an acid 

 potherb. ' 



Silene cucubalus Wibel. Caryophylleae. bladder campion. 



Europe, north Africa, Himalayan region and naturalized in America. Johnson ' 

 says the young shoots resemble green peas in taste and make a very good vegetable for 

 the table when boiled. In 1685, the crops in Minorca having been nearly destroyed by 

 locusts, this plant afforded support to many of the inhabitants. Pickering " says it is used 

 throughout the Levant, the leaves being cooked and eaten. 



' De Mello Bot. Soc. Edinb. 10:348. 1870. 

 Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:1342. 1876. 

 3 Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 989. 1879. 

 * Vilmorin Fl. PI. Ter. 1067. 1870. 3rd Ed. 

 ' Mueller, F. Set. Pis. it. 1891. {Achras australis) 

 Smith, A. Treas. Bot. 2:1057. 1870. 



'Wight, R. /con. P/i. 4:P1. 1218. 1850. (Sapota ekngoides) 

 ' Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 507. 1879. (Cnidium silaus) 

 Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 5^. 1862. (S. inflata) 

 " Pickering, C. Chron. Hist. Pis. 289. 1879. (5. inflata) 



