3268 
3269 
3270 
3271 
3272 
(144) 
Sweet cassava meal from Spanish Town, Jamaica. 
The same from Great Valley, Jamaica. 
Another sample of the same from the West Indies. 
A sample obtained by H. H. Rusby at Bogota, Colombia, August, 1917. 
Camoting-cajoy.—Another sample of Manihot flour. From the Philippine 
Islands. Presented by E. B. Southwick. 
3272.1. Medium pearl tapioca.—A form of the prepared starch of the same plant. 
Presented by Stein, Hall & Company, New York City. 
3272.2. Small pearl tapioca.—Another form of the same, same donor. 
3272.3. Tapioca flour.—The preceding, ground to a very fine powder. Same donor. 
3273. 
3274. 
3275. 
3276. 
3277- 
3278. 
Cassava bread made of the preceding. Obtained in Porto Rico, August 19, 
1902, by Percy Wilson. 
Marsh-mallow root.—The root of Althaea officinalis L. (Malvaceae—Mallow 
Family). Native of Europe and cultivated. From the New York market. 
The same in a ground state. Same source. 
Prickly-pear tubers.—The tuberous roots of Opuntia austrina Small (Cac- 
taceae—Cactus Family). Native of peninsular Florida. Collected by 
Miss Pearl D. Sulzner, December, 1912. 
Evening primrose roots.—The roots of Qenothera biennis L. (Ona- 
graceae—Evening Primrose Family), collected at the end of the first 
season’s growth. Native of eastern and central North America, An 
aboriginal food. Collected at Nutley, New Jersey, by H. H. Rusby. 
THE CARROT FAMILY (4mmiaceae) 
Coues. Biscuit root.—The roots of Lomatium Coues (S. Wats.) Coulter & 
Rose. Native of the western United States. An important aboriginal 
food. 
. Wild carrot.—The wild-grown root of the carrot, Daucus Carota L. Col- 
lected at the end of the first season’s growth, in the New York Botanical 
Garden, September, 1918, by Percy Wilson. 
. Oxheart carrot.—The root of a cultivated variety of the preceding. Grown 
on the trial grounds of Peter Henderson & Company, at Jersey City, 
New Jersey, and collected in August, 1899. 
. Long orange carrot.—Another variety of the same. Same source. 
. Yellow Chatenay carrot.—Another variety of the same. Grown at Newark, 
New Jersey, by H. H. Rusby. 
. Hamburg parsley roots——The tuberous root of Apium Petroselinum L. 
Native of Europe and cultivated for food and medicine. Grown on the 
trial grounds of Peter Henderson & Company. 
. Celeriac. Celery root——The tuberous root of celery, Celeri graveolens (L.) 
Britton. Native of Europe and cultivated as a food. Same source. 
. Parsnip.—The root of a cultivated variety of Pastinaca sativa L. Native of 
Europe and Asia. Grown at Nutley, New Jersey, by H. H. Rusby. 
. Evaporated parsnips.—The preceding, sliced and dried. Presented by 
F. H. Leggett & Company, of New York. 
