Smithsonian Report, 1926. — Safford 



Plate 4 



Openauk Roots or Indian Potatoes 



Tubers called Opcnauk liytlic \irt;iiiia AljjoiKiuin^ ami I'ciiak by those of Canada. " .\. kind 

 of rootes of round form, some of the bignes of walnuts, firowinp many together one by 

 another, orasthogh f;xstened with a string."— Thomas lb riot. 1588. Photographed from 

 a specimen collected by J. B. Norton, near Washington, I). C. 



