sturtevant's notes on edible plants ' 607 



Y. glauca Nutt. 



America. The plant bears an edible fruit often three inches long and one-half inch 

 across.' 



Y. treculeana Carr. 



Mexico and western Texas. The fruit is said to resemble a pawpaw and to be edible. 



Zalacca affinis Griff. Palmae. 



Malay. This palm is found in Malacca and is called by the natives salak batool. 

 The fruit is edible.* 



Z. conferta Griff. 



Malay and Sumatra. The fruit is large, deep brown and hangs sometimes quite 

 down in the mud in deeply clustered branches, almost hidden by the half-decayed bracts. 

 The pulp surrounding the seeds is intensively acid and is much used by the Malays as 

 a condiment. 



Z. edixlis Blimie. 



Burma and Malay. The fruit is much sought after by the Bimnese on account of 

 the fleshy and juicy covering of the seeds, which has a pleasantly acid and refreshing taste.' 

 The fruit is eaten.* It is about the size of a walnut and is covered with scales like those 

 of a lizard; below the scales are two or three sweet, yellow kernels, which the Malays eat. 

 A preserve is also made of the fruit.' 



Zamia chigua Seem. Cycadaceae. 



New Granada. The seeds are boiled and reduced to a mash which is served with 

 milk and sugar. Bread is also made from them.^ 



Z. fuifuracea Ait. sago cycad. 



Mexico. This plant yields a sago which is much used in Jamaica.' 



Z. integrifolia Ait. sago cycad. 



West Indies and Florida. This cycad furnishes the Seminole Indians with their 

 white meal.' An arrowroot has been prepared from it at St. Augustine. It is now culti- 

 vated to a limited extent.' 



Z. pumila Linn. 



West Indies. The plant furnishes a kind of arrowroot. ** 



Case Bot. Index 92. 1880. 

 GriiBth, W. Palms Brit. East Ind. 12. 1850. 

 ' Wallich PI. Asiat. 3:15. Pis. 222, 223, 224. 1830-32. 

 < Griffith, W. Palms Brit. East Ind. 15. 1850. (/. macrostachya) 

 ' Cook, Capt. Card. Chron. 584. 1875. 

 Seemann, B. Bot. Voy. Herald 1:257. 1853. 

 ' Smith, J. Diet. Econ. Pis. 362. 1882. 

 Porcher, P. P. Res. So. Fields, Forests 617. 1869. 

 Havard, V. Torr. Bot. Club Bui. 22: 107. 1893. 

 > Balfour, J. H. Man. Bot. 601. 1875. 



