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is then cut to a certain length, and is dried by hanging it on sticks. 
It will thus be preserved for a long period, if kept in proper 
vessels and closed tightly. ‘The method of cooking is by boiling 
with water, soy, sugar, mirin (sweet wine), etc. Following is an 
analysis :— 
Albumen . : : O22 Carbon : . 37°855 84: 
Extract by Petroleum ether 1°544 Nitrogen . ; - 1g10/ g8 
Glucose . . .  . 20080 | Hydrogen. . . 4380)8%. 
Dextrin . ‘ ‘ . 157410 Oxygen. ‘ oR Ir RS2) eee 
Non-nitrogenous substances Ash . : : . 4920/02 
and starchtraces . . 18°688 Water : : . 20°350 
Cellulose . ; ‘ . 10°686 
Ash . 4 : : - 4°920 99997 
Water. ; : . 20°390 
100°040 
Queensland. 
116. Lambertia formosa, Swth, (Syn. Prosea nectarina, Wendl.,) 
N.O., Proteacez, B.FI., v., 415. 
“ Honey-flower,”’ or ‘‘ Honeysuckle.” 
This plant is as well known to small boys about Sydney as it 
is to birds and insects. It obtains its vernacular name on account 
of the large quantity of a clear honey-like liquid the flowers 
contain. After sucking some quantity the liquid generally 
produces nausea and headache. Sometimes it is so plentiful as 
to flow down the twigs. See Banksia. 
New South Wales and Western Australia. 
117. Lavatera plebeia, Sims., (Syn. ZL. Behriana, Schlect. ; 
Malva Behriana, Schlecht.; A. Preisstana, Miq.), N.O., 
Malvacee, B.FI., i., 185. 
“Tree Mallow.” 
“In the early days of South Australia the roots of a white- 
flowering variety of this mallow were largely used by the natives 
for food. These roots were somewhat of the consistency of 
parsnips.” (Bailey.) 
All the colonies except Queensland. 
