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VEGETABLES. 



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'There is a great variety of vegetables indigehous or CuU 

 tivated in the Provinces ; but the best are scarce, and 

 rarely for sale in the bazars. Nearly every plant produces a 

 vegetable for the native?. The Burman books say, there 

 are ten kinds of vegetables, or potherbs, corresponding to 

 the parts of a plant that furnish them. 



f 03§Sh — the root cjcon (Pali.) 



ss>gjn5» — the leaf ogg;« <e 



£Q(?qdo5o — the sprout aocoq« " 



^63?" — the shoot oQ^a rc 



osqou — the tuber co§a " 



op j D3|8» — Me /*ear£ 8^» {c 



g I D5c8gi. — the fruit oco« " 



j 3QGSio8i — Me 6ar& co©» f < 



2Q 8?" — Me blossom cfgii " 



^§ ,! — mushroom sog^H <( 



KAREN POTAtf OE. 



This is a small yam not much larger than a kidney 

 potatoe, which it much resembles both in appearance and 

 taste. It is cultivated extensively by the Karens, and being 

 more like a potatoe than a yam, has acquired the name of 

 the Karen potatoe, and is sometimes called the Tavoy 

 potatoe. It is the best vegetable we have, but unfortunately 

 it can be obtained during a few months only in the year, 

 I am not aware that it is ever found wild on the Coast 3 

 and it appears to me to'be either identical, or nearly related 

 to Roxburgh's 



Dioscorcafasciculdta, 



ODCggn son. ^r>©£ B 



ELEPHANT-FOOT YAM. 



A yam with a tuber about the size and shape of an 

 elephant's foot, ranks next to the preceding species. It i? 



