SECT. III. SUGAR. 3Q5 



Colchicum autumale, Rumex oltusifolius, 



Spirtza Filipendula, - acutus, 



Ranunculus bulbcsus, - aquations, 



Scrophularia nodosa, Arum maculatum, 



Sai/ibucus Ebulus, Iris Pseudacorus, 

 - nira 



Orc/ils Morio, Orobus tuberosus, 



- - mascula, Bunium Bulbocasta- 

 Imperatoria Ostruthium, ncum. 

 Hyoscyamus ni.ger, 



It is found also in the following seeds : 



Wheat, Maize, Peas, 



Barley, Millet-seed, Beans, 



Oats, Chesnut, Acorns. 



Rice, Horse-chesnut, 



Starch, which is an extremely nutritive sub- Uses. 

 stance, forms one of the principal ingredients in 

 almost all articles of vegetable food used, whether 

 by man or the inferior animals. The latter feed 

 upon it in the state in which nature presents it : 

 but man prepares and purifies it so as to render it 

 pleasing to his taste, and uses it under the various 

 modifications of bread, pastry, or confectionary. 

 Its utility is also considerable in medicine, and 

 in the arts ; in the preparation of anodyne and 

 strengthening medicaments, and in the composi- 

 tion of cements ; in the clearing and stiffening of 

 linen ; and in the manufacture of hair-powder. 



