STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 555 



Spinacia oleraceae. Linn. var. A. Linn. Sp. 2d ed. 1456. 



Epinard d'Angleterre. Vilm. 203. 1883. 



Large Prickly or Winter Spinage. Vilm. 533. 1885. 



II. 



Smooth-seeded Spinach. 

 Spinacia inermis Moench. 

 Spirutkia nobilis. Trag. 324. 1552. 



Lapathum hortense alterum spinacia, semine non spinoso. Bauh. Phytopin. 184. 1596. 

 Spinacia II. Ger. 260. 1597. 

 Spinachia foemina. Bauh. J. 2:964. 1651. 

 Spinachia semine non pungente, folio majore rotundiore. Ray 162. 1686; Chabr. 



303. ctim ic. 1677. 

 Spinacia glabra. Mill. Diet. 1733. 

 Spinacia oleracea. Linn. var. B. Linn. Sp. 1456. 1762. 

 Epinards a graine ronde. Vilm. 204. 1883. 

 Round-seeded Spinage. Vikn. 534. 1885. 



Spinach was in American gardens in 1806.* But one variety of the prickly-seeded 

 is described by Vilmorin * and five of the smooth-seeded form. 



Spiraea filipendula Linn. Rosaceae. dropwort. meadow sweet. 



Europe and northern Asia; common in gardens in the United States. Linnaeus ' says 

 the roots have been eaten by men instead of bread. 



Spondias lutea Linn. Anacardiaceae. Brazilian plum, jew plum, otaheite apple. 

 Cosmopolitan tropics. At Tahiti, says Ellis,* the vi, or Brazilian plum, is an abimdant 

 and excellent fruit of an oval or oblong shape and bright yellow color. In form and taste, 

 it somewhat resembles a Magnimi Bontim plimi but is larger and, instead of a stone, has 

 a hard and spiked core containing a ntunber of seeds. Firminger * says its appearance 

 is very inviting, as is also its exquisite fragrance, resembling that of the quince; to the 

 taste, however, it is very acid, with a flavor like that of an exceedingly bad mango. This 

 is the Jew plum of Mauritius.' Liman ^ says the fruit is ptuple, yellow, or variegated; 

 pulp sweet, slightly acidulated, yellow, thin, having a singular but not unpleasant taste 

 and a sweet smell. It varies somewhat in form. The seed scarcely ever ripens, but the 

 tree is readily increased by cuttings, and if a branch laden with young fruit be set in 

 the ground it will grow and the fruit will come to maturity. Masters ^ says the flower- 

 buds are used as a sweetmeat with sugar. 



McMahon, B. Amer. Card. Cal. 5S3. 1806. 



'Vilmorin Lei Pis. Potag. 202. 1883. 



Lightfoot, J. Fl. Scot. 1:259. 1789. 



< Ellis, W. Polyn. Research. 1:61. 1833. 



' Firminger, T. A. C. Card. Ind. 234. 1874. (5. dulcis) 



Morris Rpt. Pub. Card. Jam. 35. 1880. 

 'Lunan, J. Hart. Jam. 1:^85. 1814. {S. mombin) 



Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:1086. 1870. (5. mombin) 



