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QUARTERMASTER CORPS 



o. Ottelia alismoides. — ^This herb has rather large, thin 

 leaves. It grows in slow shallow streams, pools, and quiet 

 ponds, the white flowers extending above the sui'face of the 



Figure 44. — Ottelia alismoides. 



water, the leaves wholly submerged or extending to the sur- 

 face. The entire plant may be cooked and eaten as greens. 

 Local names: Etjeng, tjowehan, lila-laldngkow, podang, kala- 

 hua, ddmong-ildlim, Idnten-sdga, tardbang. 



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