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may also be obtained by slicing the tubers drying them CASE 

 in the sun and then reducing them to powder. The raw 34. 

 seeds are said to be poisonous, but wholesome when 

 cooked. 



Pods of an allied species P. angulattts, Rich., from 

 plants grown in the Botanic Garden, Ceylon, are also 

 shown. It is probably of Central American origin, but is 

 now widely cultivated in the tropics of both hemispheres. 

 The young tubers are eaten like those of P. tuherosus, 

 and a starch is also obtained from them. 



No. 201. A series of seeds of Wall or Shim (DoZzcAos CASE 

 Lahlah, L.), a climbing perennial, or under cultivation 35^ 

 an annual, common in India where the seeds, which 

 vary much in form and colour, are employed as food. 

 The fresh stems are used as fodder. 



On the middle shelf are seeds of the HORSE Gram 

 (Dolichos Mflorus, L.), used as food by the poorer classes 

 in India and also for feeding cattle. The stems are 

 employed as fodder. 



On the shelves below are numerous specimens of seeds 

 of the Pigeon Pea or Dal (Cajanus Indicus, Spreng.), an 

 erect shrub, widely distributed in the tropics. Numerous 

 varieties are cultivated as food ; the seeds vary exceedingly 

 in shape, size, and colour, as will be seen from the speci- 

 mens exhibited. 



Note the pretty blue seeds of Rhynchosia cyanosperma, CASE 

 Benth., from the River Niger. They are known as 3^ 

 Damabo on the Gold Coast, and are used for weighing 

 gold dust. 



Observe Waras a substitute for Kamala {see Case 108) ; 

 it consists of the epidermic glands of the young pods of 

 Flemmgia congesta, Roxb., a native of Tropical Asia and 

 also of F. grahamiana, W. & A., a Nilgiri shrub. 



Wood of the SiSSOO of India {Balbergia Sissoo, Roxb.), 

 a dark-coloured, even-grained hard wood, highly valued 

 for furniture and for carving ; also employed for boat 

 building, -gun carriages, wheelwrights' work, &c. 



No. 202. ROSEWOOD. Specimens from Brazil and 

 Central America. The best Brazilian Rosewoods, ex- 

 ported from Rio, are afforded by a species of Dcdhergia, 

 [Little is known of the trees furnishing the different 



