6o2 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



y. mutabilis Miq. 



Java. The berries are large and edible.* 



V. opaca F. Muell. 



East Australia. The vine produces as many as eight to ten large tubers. Though 

 insipid, these are eagerly sought by the natives for food.^ 



V. pallida Wight & Am. 



Asia and African tropics. The berries are large, edible and particularly sweet.' 



V. quadrangularis Wall. 



Arabia to India and central Africa. The berries are eaten in India, and the young 

 shoots and leaves are used by the natives as a potherb. *' 



V. riparia Michx. frost grape, riverbank grape. 



Eastern North America. The berries are usually small, blackish or amber-colored 

 and very acid. This species has given origin to the CUnton, Taylor, Elvira and other 

 grapes now under cioltivation. 



V. rotundifolia Michx. muscadine, bullace. southern fox grape, scuppernong. 

 Southeastern United States. This species bears its berries in loose clusters, scarcely 

 exceeding five or six berries, changing from reddish-brown to black in ripening, with a thick 

 skin and large pulp. In a cultivated form, it occurs in several white and black varieties. 

 In the southern states, it is highly relished and is used for domestic winemaking. 



V. rubifoUa Wall. 



Himalayan regions. The berries are esculent.* 



V. rupestris Scheele. bush grape, mountain grape, rock grape, sand grape, sugar 

 grape. 

 Southwestern America. This species is the mountain grape of Texas. The stems are 

 upright and but two or three feet high. The bunches are small and the berries are of 

 the size of peas, black and very sweet and grateful to the taste. 



V. schimperiana Hochst. 



Abyssinia. Barter compares the edible berries to clusters of Frontignac grapes.'' 



V. sicyoides Miq. 



Tropical America. The black berries are eaten.* 



V. thrysiflora Miq. 



Sumatra. The berries are large and edible. ' 



Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 510. 1891. 



' Card. Chron. 365. 1866. 



Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 255, 256. 1876. 



'Wight, R. Illustr. Ind. Bol. 1:151. 1840. {Cissus quadrangularis) 



'Ainslie, W. Afo/. /nd. 2:303. 1826. 



Don, G. Hist. DicM. Pis. 1:711. 1831. 



'Mueller, F. Sel. Pis. 513. 1891. 



'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. i:6()i. 1831. (Cissus ovata) 



MueUer, F. Sel. Pis. 510. 1891. 



