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CASE thick jelly in water, and are highly valued in India for 



91. their demulcent properties. 



Marvel of Peru Order {Nyctagineae). A group of 

 herbs, shrubs, or trees, natives chiefly of Tropical 

 America. The order has but little economic value. 



Note roots of Boerhaavia repens, L., a widely distributed 

 medicinal herb of India, Ceylon, &c. In India the roots 

 are employed in the treatment of asthma, and as a laxative, 

 diuretic, and anthelmintic. . 



In the order Illecehraceae note The Arabe or 

 Algerian tea, the flowers of Paronychia argenteay 

 Lam., and P. capifata. Lam., used as a medicinal tea in 

 Algeria, and sold in Paris. 



Also Sergena Roots (Corrigiola littoralis, L.). They 

 are dried in quantities at Arzilah, Morocco, for export as 

 a dye. 



In the Amaranth Order (Amarantaceae) observe seeds' 

 of Amarantlius paniculatus, L., and A. gangeticus^ L., 

 cultivated throughout India and Ceylon for use as food. 



CASE Goosefoot Order (Chenopodiaceae). A group of 



92. herbaceous, weed-like plants, with insignificant flowers, 

 growing in waste places all over the world ; least numerous 

 in hot climates. Some, as Spinach and Orach, are used as 

 pot-herbs. 



No. 403. Models of varieties of Beet-ROOT, red and 

 white, of market gardens. All forms, originated under 

 cultivation, from a native seaside plant Beta vulgains^ L. 



No. 404. Beet-root Sugar. Several varieties of 

 Beet are cultivated in Europe and North America for the 

 production of sugar. During the year 1905, 8,182,108 cwts. 

 of unrefined Beet-root Sugar of the value of £4,368,867 

 were imported into the United Kingdom from the 

 Continent, of this quantity 5,510,108 cwts. came from 

 Germany and 1,054,998 cwts. from Belgium. 



No. 405. Models of roots of Mangold Wurzel, a 

 cultivated variety of the Beet {Beta vulgaris^ L.). 



In the next compartment observe specimen of SPINACH 

 {Spinacia oleracea^ L.), prepared by Messrs. Chollet's 

 process. 



