no 



VAHIUUS FOOD-PLANTS 



Fiti. IIG, III. — Pricklj- Sogo Palm. Uipo fruit aud naiiaiiis (if a staiuinate 



branch of thn linw('r-rtu.stcT. (LeMauut and Dc-caisni,'.) — Tliree ^'cais 



are required to ripen this strangely armored fruit. 

 Fig. 117, I. — Bitter Cas.sava (Manihot utitissima, Spurso Family, Etipl'or- 



biaccre). A shrub 2-3 m. tall, |>rodueing swollen roots weighing 10 kg. 



or more; flowers staininate aud pistillate on the same plant; fruit dry, 



breaking apart. (Fax.) 



