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DOLICIIOS BULBOSUS (yAM BEAn) 



countries, and another note by M. Perrottet, containing 

 high praise of this tubercle, leads us to believe that it may 

 bear comparison with the potato. Such is not our opinion, 

 fo'- although a few small populations may consider it a 



[Photo by P. dc So? nay. 



Fig. 14. — Dolichos htdbosus (Manioc Pea). 



delicacy, it cannot be admitted that this plant can ever 

 supersede the potato. With the best will in the world we 

 have never been able to discover in it anything that might 

 be termed delicious. Eaten raw its fibres are difficult to 



