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3229- Erythronium bulbs. — The bulbs of Erythronium americanum Ker. (Liliaceae 

 — Lily Family). Native of eastern North America. An aboriginal 

 food. 



3230. Bamboo-briar roots. — The tubers of Smilax Beyrichii Kunth. {Smilaceae — 



Sarsaparilla Family). Native of the southeastern United States. Used as a 

 vegetable in soups by the North American Indians. Collected at Somer- 

 ville, South Carolina, March 20, 1909, by H. H. Rusby. 



3231. Smilax roots. — The root of a species of Smilax collected near Somerville, 



South Carolina, by H. H. Rusby. The soft inner portion is said to have 

 been eaten in soups. 

 323 I.I. Bomarea roots. — The roots of Bomarea edulis Herb. (Amaryllidaceae 

 — Amaryllis Family). Native of tropical America. 



3232. Yams. — The tuberous roots of Dioscorea saliva L. (Dioscoreaceae — Yam 



Family). Native of the East Indies and cultivated in all tropical regions. 

 Acquired in the Jamaica market in 1900 by Samuel Henshaw. 



3233. Another specimen of the same. Same source. 



3234. Ube. Philippine yam root. — The edible root of Dioscorea alata L. {Dios- 



coreaceae — Yam Family). Native of the East Indies and cultivated in 

 tropical regions. Grown in the Philippine Islands. Presented by E. B. 

 Southwick. 



3235. Fresh ginger. — The undried rootstock. (See No. 1396.) 



3236. Candied ginger. — The preceding, peeled and boiled in sugar. From the 



New York market. Presented by H. H. Rusby. 



3237. Chinese preserved ginger. — The fresh rootstock of Alpinia officinarum 



Hance, boiled and preserved in syrup. Native of China and cultivated. 

 From the New York market. Same donor. 



3238. Vilmorin sugar beet. — A cultivated form of Beta vulgaris L. (See No. 3081.) 



Presented by Martin Ball, Sparkhill, New York, October, 1906. 



3239. Bassano beet. — Another variety of the same, closely related to the sugar beet. 



Grown by H. H. Rusby at Newark, New Jersey. 



3240. Early blood-turnip beet. — Another variety of the same. Same source. 



3241. Bitter root. — The root of Lewisia rediviva Pursh. (Portulacaceae — Portulaca 



Family). Native of the northwestern United States. An important 

 aboriginal food. Collected at Union, Oregon, in April, 1890, by VV. C. 

 Cusick. 



3242. Claytonia or spring beauty tubers. — The tubers of Claytonia virginica L. 



(Same family). Native of eastern North America. An aboriginal food. 



3243. Chuguas. — The tubers of Ullucus tuberosus Lozan. (Basellaceae — Basella 



Family). Native of the South American Andes and cultivated. Acquired 

 by H. H. Rusby in the market of Medellin, Colombia, August, 1917. 



3244. Oyna. — The tubers of a species of Basella (Basellaceae — Basella Family). 



Native of tropical South America and cultivated. Acquired by J. N. Rose 

 at Oroya, Peru, July, 1914. 

 3244.1. American Nelumbo tubers. — The edible, tuberous, thickened root-stocks 

 of Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. (Nymphaeaceae — Water-lily Family). 

 Native of the eastern and central United States. Grown in the New York 

 Botanical Garden. 



