58 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1911. 
D. anguina, large tubers. 
D. belophylla (No. 18180), Betul. 
D., bulbifera (No. 16637), Bombay, cultivated. 
Ze (No. 18097), ‘‘ Manakund,’’ Surat, aérial 
tubers. 
ie (No. 18185), ‘‘Suar Alu,’’ Malda. 
R (No. 18269), ‘‘Mosha or Pita Alu,’’ Angul. 
(No. 18563), ‘‘Jungli Alu,’’ Dinajpur. 
3 (No. 33268), ‘‘Gethi,’’ Gorakhpur. 
_ origin not recorded. 
D. daemona (No. 20309), Betul, C.P. 
4 ie Burma, non-climbing. 
i as Burma, climbing. 
D. fasciculata (No. 19562), ‘ Pind Alu,’’ Bhopal. 
D. glabra, Chota Nagpur, cultivated. 
oe handwara, a 
D. Hookeri (No. 33352), Rajmehal, Bengal. 
D. oppositifolia (No. 18967), Jajpur, Cuttack. 
D. pentaphylla, cylindrical, small tubers. 
] 
‘i arge _,, 
“a clavate, small tubers. 
o large ,, 
oF var. Cardoni (No. 18669), Baghelkhund. 
» », hortorum (No. 18187), Birbhum. ; 
» ss 3 (No. 33361), Banji, Raja- 
mehal, cultivated. 
x ,, Jacquemontii (No. 17937), ‘‘ Ulshi,”’ 
ana, Bombay. 
> »» Rheedei (No. 17762), Cuddapah. 
” » », (No. 18943), S. Salem. 
» x »» (No. 18945), S. Salem. 
Increase in the proportion of starch. These results do not 
position of yams of the West 
, and analysed by Dr. M. Greshoff, 
m, Haarlem (De Indische Mercuur, Nos. 
ian yams 
