190 



ON THE FECULA OP POTATOES, &C. 



1000 grains of this fruit fresh gathered, and not quite 

 ripe, ^vhen peeled and skinned, afford 



Grains 



Dry brown fecula • l65 



Diy pulp 150 



Water, soluble mucilage, oil, and extractive 

 matter 685 



1000 



3. Bryonia dioica, Red-berried Bryony, or as it is vulgarly 

 termed, Mandrake. 



Root of Red- This plant, which is common in this neighbourhood, has 



bemed bryony, ^ ^^ large, thick, white root, a^nd although it is one of the 

 «f mandrake. ^ o ^ ^ ^ o 



mo5t violent drastic cathartics, which this kingdom produces, 



it may, by a similar process to what we have before described, 



be made to afford a very fine white nutritious fecula, in 



great abundance. 



1000 grains of the fresh root dug up early in May, afford 



Grains. 



Dry white fecula 50 



Discoloured fecula 45 



Dry pulp : 50 



Water, soluble mucilage, and extractive matter 855 



1000 



4. Arum maculatum, Cuckow-pint, or Wake Robin. 



The root of this plant, which is very plentiful in my 

 Root of arum, i i i.i i r ^u \ • 



cuckow pint, neighbourhood, although one or the most acrunonious ve- 



or wake robin, getable* of British growth, may, by particular management, 

 be converted into a very rich, wholesome, palatable, and pro- 

 ductive food. 



It is excellent, eaten either boiled or roasted, particularly 

 by the latter mode of cooking. If formed into vermicelli, 

 it is a beautiful preparation. When dried it may be made 

 into bread ; and when treated according to the method 

 above mentioned for procuring fecula, a much greater quan- 

 tity 



