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or cooked. The terminal tender bud or "cabbage" may also 

 be eaten. Local names: Eki, dkii, biimg, 6li-6li, paoga, pdku- 

 itam, pdkis-ddji, giro. 



b. Swamp fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides) . — ^This fern, 

 often occurring in great abundance, is found in very wet soil, 

 old rice paddies, and swampy places, more or less submerged. 

 It never occurs in salt or brackish swamps. The whole plant 

 which is 1 to IMj feet high may be cooked and eaten as 

 greens, or may be eaten uncooked. It is an excellent food. 

 Local names: Pdkis-rawa, sdjor-kodok. 



FiGTmE 3. — ^Paco {Athyrium, esculentum) 



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