592 STURTEVANT S NOTES ON EDIBLE PLANTS 



\nbuniiun cotinifoliiim D. Don. Caprifoliaceae. viburnum. 



Himalayan regions. The ripe fruit is sweetish and is eaten in India.' 



V. foetens Decne. 



Himalayan regions. In India, the sweetish fruit is eaten.' 



V. lentago Linn, nannyberry. sheepberry. sweet viburnxtm. wild raisin. 



Northeastern America to Georgia. The berries are said by Wood ' to be well- 

 flavored, black, and sweetish. 



V. nudum Linn, naked viburnum, withe-rod. 



Newfoundland to Georgia. The fruit is apple-shaped, compressed, about a quarter 

 of an inch long, of a deep blue color, of a sweetish taste and may be eaten.* 



V. opulus Linn, cranberry tree, guelder rose, pimbina. snowball tree, written 

 tree. 



Middle and northern Europe and northern America. The fruit is a poor substitute 

 for cranberries, hence the name cranberry tree.^ The fruit, when ripe, is of a pleasant, 

 add taste and is sometimes substituted for cranberries.' Thoreau ' stewed them with 

 sugar and says the Itunbermen of Maine cook them with molasses; he afterwards saw them 

 in a garden in Bangor. In Norway and Sweden, the berries are eaten with honey and 

 flour, and a spirit is distilled from them.* A miserable food for savage nations, says 

 Lindley.^ On the Winnipeg river, the fruit is of an orange color, fleshy and agreeable 

 to the taste. This plant is the nipi minan of the Crees. Probably this is the fruit brought 

 from the North and called by the Narragansett Indians wuchipoquameneash, described 

 by Roger Williams i" as "a kind of sharp fruit like a barberry in taste." 

 V. prunifolium Linn, black haw. 



New York to Georgia. The blackish berries are sweet and eatable.'^' '^ 

 V. stellulatum Wall. 



Himalayan regions. The small, acid fruit is eaten in the mountains of India."' " 



Vicia cracca Linn. Leguminosae. tufted vetch. 



Asia, Europe and northern America. This vetch has been occasionally cultivated, 

 as affording provender of good quality, but it does not ripen a sufficient quantity of seed 



> Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 258. 1874. 



2 Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 259. 1874. 



' Wood, A. Class Book Bot. 398. 1864. 



* Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. iit^w. 1875. 



'Gray, A. Man. Bot. 207. 1868. 



' Emerson, G. B. Trees, Shrubs Mass. 2:1^16. 1875. 



'Thoreau Me. Woods 173. 1877. 



' Masters, M. T. Treas. Bot. 2:121$. 1870. 



Lindley, J. Veg. King. 767. 1846. 

 " Pickering, C. Chroti. Hist. Pis. 806. 1879. 

 " Wood, A. Class Book Bot. 398. 1864. 

 " Rafinesque, C. S. Fl. La. 77. 1817. 

 " Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 258. 1874. 

 " Royle, J. F. Illustr. Bot. Himal. 1 1236. 1839, 



