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rootlets, the furrows usually free from soil; fracture fibrous; inter- 

 nally consisting of a white pith, a light-yellow, porous, central 

 cylinder and a grayish-white or dark-brown cortex, the latter being 



FIG. 39. Bundles of Sarsaparilla, the two on the left being Honduras; the next 

 one, Mexican, and the large one, Para, which is, however, not an article of 

 commerce at the present time. 



lighter and more starchy near the growing end, and darker (more 

 resinous) at the portion near the rhizome ; odor slight; taste slightly 

 acrid. 



