76 botanical gazette. [ March, 



of starch known as Brazilian arrowroot or tapioca meal, from which the 

 tapioca of the shops is prepared by simply torrefying the moist starch 

 upon hot plates, the heat causing the starch grains to swell and burst and 

 become agglutinated together. A sauce called cassareep, used for flavor- 

 ing soups and other dishes, particularly the West Indian dish known as 

 pepper-pot, is also prepared from this juice by concentrating and render- 



nf;i\ u SS by b0i n f . Another of the products of cassava is an in- 

 toxicating beverage called piwarrie, but the manner of preparing it is not 

 calculated to render it tempting to Europeans, [t is made by the women, 



hnwi^Z Ca -f ya ? kes ? nd 'i 11 " * the masticated material into a wooden 

 t Z '.I £ K 6 1S allowed ul to ferment for some days and then boiled. It 

 is said to have an agreeable taste." 



From the above analysis of cassava root, descriptions of 

 its uses and the amount of it that can be produced per acre, 

 it is evident that it is destined to become a valuable agricul- 

 tural product ot the sub-tropical portions of our country. 



II ■asht.no-f.mi 71 r J 



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Histology of the leaf of Taxodium. I. 



STANLEY COULTER. 



(WITH PLATE XT.) 



>ps/s Coni ft 



T ; xodmrn distichum » placed in the sub-order Cupressineal. 

 feachs suggests, however, that this arrangement of the Coni- 



thro«« ° %i be considered tentative, until further light is 

 Uuoun upon the nature of female flowers of various general 



t V A \Z tH the .f\ u, "P° s e of this paper to present any fact re- 



^h -pp i S i P • a geneniI descri Ption of the appearance ot 

 Liio tiee is alone given. 



Ah^^^l^ ChcUmstimCi:s ' Sodium distichum, the 



Ahuahete of the Mexicans, "reaches a height of ko feet 



co Sin.Tr T Tn of h ' om IO to I2 fe * « »«••* Ac! 



di- rnefe, « fT ' ***"?* * hei S ht of I2 ° feet < * has a 



ranked crowAlS 32 ? 1° £*•' ^ bearS Hnear ' aCate ' 2 " 

 Klnln!? ^deciduous leaves, from 5 to 8 mm. 



S^i CT ea V branchlets < a part of which are also 



sou ltn Del ; ItS ?"- e in the United Stiltes is from 



from .Car, Si r? t0 r !i° Uthern Florida ne;lr the coast, and 



* ouThvv 1 n ? r n h- V ' Inc Iana -. SOUthern HHnois and Missouri, 



southward to Alabama, Louisiana and eastern Texas.* 



'SaehV i„ xt I :, ^>k oflkncm^. 1st English Ed~n~4v7 

 JSargenfs Catalogue of the Forest Trees of N A > 65 

 J Aspects of Nature II, ,>. M. ' ' 65> 



♦Sanreut's Catalogue Forest Trees of N. A. 1. 



c. 



