4 



The Subject 



Liliacese, Lily Family. 



Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis. 



Chive, chives, Alliiun Schoenoprasum. 

 TridacecT, Iris Family, 



Saffron, Crocus satirus. 

 Morace^e, Mulberry Family. 



Hop (5'oung shoots), HumiiJus Lupulus. 

 l*olygonace£e, Buckwheat Family. 



Ehubarb, pie-plant, Rheum Rhaponticnm. 



Spinach dock, herb patience, Rumex Patientia. 



Spinach dock (of Chinese), Runie.r clcntatus. 



Sorrel, Rumex Acetosa. 



French sorrel, Rumex scutatus. 

 Chenopodiacejp, Goosefoot Family. 



Spinach, tSpinacia oleracea. 



Orach, Atriplex hortensis. 



Mercury, Good King Henry, Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus. 

 Elite, Chenopoditirn capitatum. 



Lamb's quarters, goosefoot, pigweed, Chenopodium alhum 



(taken in the fields, scarcely cultivated). 

 Eeet, beet-root. Beta vulgaris (see also Group II). 

 Chard, Beta rulgaris var. Cicla. 



Quinoa, ^Chenopodium Quinoa (see also Group III). 

 Amaranthaceie, Amaranth Family. 



Amaranth, Amarantlius gangeticus, and A. Blitum (A. ole- 

 raceus). Other species are collected for greens. 

 Phytolaccacese, Pokeweed Family. 



Scoke, Phytolacca amcricana, P. esculcnta. 

 Aizoacete, Carpetweed Family. 



New Zealand spinach, Tctragonia expansa. 



Ice-plant, Mescml)ri/anthemum cr y stall in um. 

 Portulacace.T, Purslane Family. 



Purslane, Portulaca oleracea. 



Winter purslane, Montia perfoliata. 

 EasellaceiP, Madeira-vine Family. 



Easella, Malabar nightshade. Basella rubra and B. alba. 



Madeira- vine, Bousslngaultia daselloides. 



