Inventory 47, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I. 



The Arracacha, a Favorite Vegetable of the Venezuelans, Which Appears 

 to be Adapted to the Warmer Parts of the United States. (Arracacia 

 xanthorrhiza bancr., s. p. i. no. 42455.) 



The whole root is tender and edible. It is generally boiled and mashed like the potato or used in soups 

 like parsnips, to which it is closely allied, but is more delicate in flavor than either. The clump 

 shown is two seasons old, but clumps of a similar size are produced in a single season. The plant 

 has flowered in Florida this sea>on for the first time. (Photographed by David Fairehild at the 

 Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 2o, 191s; P2459SFS.) 



