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Mexico. The young stems when they shoot out in the spring are tender
and sweet and are eaten with great relish by the Mexicans and Indians.
== ''Aglaia edulis'' A. Gray. ==
''Meliaceae''.
Fiji Islands and the East Indies. The natives eat the aril which
surrounds the seed and call it gumi. The fruit is edible, having a
watery, cooling, pleasant pulp. The aril is large, succulent and edible.
== ''Aglaia odorata'' Lour. ==
China. Firminger says this plant never fruits in Bengal. The flowers are
bright yellow, of the size and form of a pin head and are delightfully
fragrant. Fortune says it is the lan-hwa u yu-chu-lan of China and that
the flowers are used for scenting tea. Smith says it is the san-yeh-lan of
China, that the flowers are used for scenting tea and that the tender
leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
== ''Agrimonia eupatoria'' Linn. ==
''Rosaceae''. AGRIMONY. COCKLEBUR.
LIVERWORT. STICKLEWORT.
North temperate regions. The dried leaves are used by country people
as a sort of tea but probably only for medicinal qualities.
Agriophyllum gobicum Bunge. Chenopodiaceae.
Siberia. The seeds are used as food.
== ''Agropyron repens'' Beauv. ==
''Gramineae''. QUACK GRASS.
Temperate regions. This is a troublesome weed in many situations yet
Withering states that bread has been made from its roots in times of
want.
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