. The American entomologist and botanist. articles of food are at best indifferent. Neitheriu the variety nor in the quality of his food doesthe savage equal the poorest among the civilized.Acorns and grass-seeds are poor substitutes forcorn and wheat; and, among the several moreor less edible roots used by the Indians, there isnone which approaches the potato in excellenceand nutritious quality. A large share of thevegetable food of some of the Western tribes ofIndians is the Prairie Apple, or Pomme Blanche,as it was named by the French voyageurs. It isthe root of a Psoralea (P. esculenta), w
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. The American entomologist and botanist. articles of food are at best indifferent. Neitheriu the variety nor in the quality of his food doesthe savage equal the poorest among the civilized.Acorns and grass-seeds are poor substitutes forcorn and wheat; and, among the several moreor less edible roots used by the Indians, there isnone which approaches the potato in excellenceand nutritious quality. A large share of thevegetable food of some of the Western tribes ofIndians is the Prairie Apple, or Pomme Blanche, as it was named by the French voyageurs. It isthe root of a Psoralea (P. esculenta), which isfound from AVisconsin westward to tlie RockyMountains. Tlio plant grows about a foot high, has leaveswith five divisions, and its flowers are clusteredin a dense head much resembling a large clover.The floweis arc purplish-blue. The root is tur-nip-shaped, and somewhat farinaceous; and, though it would be considered scarcely edibleby us, is gathered in large quantities by theIndians, and stored for the winter. THE AMERICAN HOLLY. A. The American IloUy {Ueiopaca, Ait.) We have lately been shown a twig of theAmerican Holly {Ilex opaca. Ait.) which wascollected on the banks of the Mississippi nearVicksburg. The leaves are evergreen, thick, and of a lively green color, and about threeinches long. In this specimen they are nearly 284 THE AMEEICAN oval in outline, with, several short, stiff, prickly-teeth scattered on the edge. Close around thestern and among- the leaves are five or sis dullred berries, about the size of peas. The Holly is a small tree growing near theseacoast from Maine to Florida; not common, however, to the North. It attains a height offrom twenty to forty feet. Our botanical worksdo not mention the occurrence of the tree so farfrom the seacoast as the specimen from Vicks-burg. Our tree closely resembles the EuropeanHolly, but diflers in several particulars: the[Pig 177 ]