622 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



forms an important article of food in Tunis and Barbary and is also cultivated in southern 

 " Europe at the present time. 



Z. lycioides A. Gray. 



Texas and the neighboring Mexican states. The plant bears round, black, edible 

 but rather astringent berries, about the size of a rifle ball, which are called gerambuyo 

 prieto and cornndo de cuervo} 



Z. mucronata Willd. 



Tropical Africa, Cape of Good Hope and Senegal. The red fruit is eaten ' and is 

 used in Africa for making into a bread and also for the preparation of a pleasant beverage.' 



Z. napeca Willd. 



East Indies. The fruit is the size of a pea, smooth, shining, black. The taste is 

 acid and astringent, but it is eaten by the natives.* 



Z. obtusifolia A. Gray. 



Texas. The large, round, black berries are eaten by Mexicans although nearly 

 tasteless.' 



Z. oxjrphylla Edgew. 



Himalayan region. The very acid fruit is eaten." 



Z. reticulata DC. 



South America. The fruit is eatable.^ 



Z. rotundifolia Lam. 



Persia and East Indies. The fruit is eaten and during famines has supported thou- 

 sands. The taste is sweet and acidulous.* 



Z. rugosa Lam. 



East Indies and Burma. The fruit is eaten but has a pecidiar, mawkish flavor.* 

 The fruit is yellow and the size of a small cherry.'" 



Z. sativa Gaertn. jujube. 



Mediterranean and temperate Asia. The jujube is indigenous in Syria, in the Hima- 

 layas, in Greece and is cultivated on both shoies of the Mediterranean. It has been 

 naturalized in Italy since the time of Augustus when it was brought from Syria, where 

 it is said to have been brought from India by the way of Vahayra.. It is now cultivated 

 in Spain, France and Italy as far north as Genoa." The fruit is scarlet, about an inch 



Torrey, J. U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt. 240. 1857. 



'Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Ph. 2:24. 1832. 



' Smith, A. Treas. Bot. 2:i2$i. 1870. (Z. baclei) 



*Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 2:25. 1832. 



'Havard, V. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 508. 1885. 



'Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 86. 1874. 



' Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:25. 1832. 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 8g. 1874. (Z. nummularia) 



Brandis, D. Forest Fl. 90. 1874. 

 Don, G. Hist. Dichl. Pis. 3:26. 1832. (Z. xylocarpa) 

 "Loudon, J. C. Arb. Frut. Brit. 2:525. 1844. {Z. vulgaris) 



