. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). HERBS H-5. COMMON CAMASS, Camassia quamash; Lilj' Fani. 5 species occur in the west. About 2' tall, with single, tall flower stalk coming from middle; flowers mostly a brilliant blue, but sometimes almost white. Grows in moist ground and wet meadows. Bulbs are very nutritious and are highly thought of by Indians who will travel a long way to gather them. Af- ter the seeds are ripe in the spring, they dig up the bulbs with long, crook- ed sticks (usually made of Mt. Mahogan
. Common edible and useful plants of the West. Plants, Edible -- West (U. S. ); Botany, Economic; Botany -- West (U. S. ). HERBS H-5. COMMON CAMASS, Camassia quamash; Lilj' Fani. 5 species occur in the west. About 2' tall, with single, tall flower stalk coming from middle; flowers mostly a brilliant blue, but sometimes almost white. Grows in moist ground and wet meadows. Bulbs are very nutritious and are highly thought of by Indians who will travel a long way to gather them. Af- ter the seeds are ripe in the spring, they dig up the bulbs with long, crook- ed sticks (usually made of Mt. Mahogany). Then a fairly deep hole is made and lined with fire-heated stones. Bulbs are placed in- side and covered with hot ashes and stones and allowed to cook for 24 hours. They are eaten right from the fire or the black out- er coating is peeled off and the bulb pressed by hand into a flat cake and hung to dry in sacks, becoming a tid-bit at feasts. A molasses was also made of bulbs by boiling in water until it was almost evaporated. The early California settlers learned the value of the bulbs and would make pies of them. But eaten to ex- cess, the bulb will act as a purgative and emetic. The greenish- white flowers of the Death Cnmass often grow with the blue and care must be used in digging PETALS WHITE. GLAND YELLOW. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sweet, Muriel. Healdsburg, Calif. : Naturegraph Co.
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