STARCHES. 



N. O. 256. TYPHACE.E. BULRUSHES. 

 Typha elephantina. Rox. 



Linn. Syst. Monoecia Triandria. 



The pollen. 



Vernacular. Hoyla, Beng. Boor, Booree, Sindh. 



Habitat. Sindh, Deccan. 



Remarks. This species of Cat's Tail affords the Booree bread of Sindh. 

 The pollen of Typha utilis forms the Hunga-hunya bread of New 

 Zealand. 



N. 0. 265. CYPERACEJE. SEDGES. 



Linn. Syst. Moncccia Triandria. 



The corm. 



Vernacular. Kutchera, By. 



Habitat. India. 



Remarks. A root is sold in Bombay under the name of Kutchera, and 

 I am credibly informed from Tanna and Ahmedabad that it is commonly 

 eaten in those Collectorates. It is apparently a Sedge. Kutchera is a 

 name applied also to species of Curcuma, and is equivalent to the term 

 " fecula." The corms of Cyperus esculentus, W. (p.a\ivo6d\\rj of Theo- 

 phrastus), are used in the South of Europe. The Chinese eat those of 

 Scirpus tuberosus, their Pi-tsi ; and Cyperus bulbosus,an&Scirpus dubius, 

 Rox. are used by the Telingas. 



The following list of plants includes such as yield fecula, or are valued 

 on account of the starch contained in their roots, bulbs, corms, or tubers 

 and fruits, and which are neither indigenous to, nor cultivated on an 

 economic scale in Western India ; and also a few indigenous plants little 

 prized for their fecula, and which have already been catalogued in detail 

 under the head of " Fruits and Vegetables" : 



N. O. 10. NYMPHJSACEJB. 



Nymphcea Lotus. Linn. Seed and root. See " Fruits and Vegeta- 

 bles." 



N. 0. 11. NELUMBIACE^E. 



Nelumbium speciosum. \V. Seed and root. See " Fruit and 

 Vegetables." 



N. O. 58. TROF-&OLACE.E. 



Tropaolum tuberosum. Maund of Peru. Root. 

 N. O. 71. ANACARDIACE^. 



Manyifera indica. Linn, Kernel. See " Fruits and Vegetables." 

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