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is found in all parts, and drying or boiling to a great extent 

 deprives the plant of its activity. Formerly starch for 

 laundry purposes, and a kind of sago used to be made from 



Fig. 2. — Akum Mactjlatum (Cuckoo-Pint). 



the plant, and preparations of the root also enjoyed some 

 repute aff cosmetics. The old herbalists used to recommend 

 the juice as a purgative, a practice which must have been 

 attended with grave risk. 



