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the plant is a decided acquisition to the vegetable garden, The 
ecimens o eaves, flowers and fruit were recently received from 
Dr. Trimen, and these, together with the specimens already re e 
from Dr. Ernst, were sufficient to establish the fact that Dolichos 
tuberosu. s, Spr ngel. A figure and description will shortly appear in - 
the Totus Punta, and in the meantime it is desirable to place on- 
reco: what is know n of it as an economic p : 
aica it is cultivated under name of the Yam bean. 
of Jamaica, p. 285 
& of a number of diale cord-like fibres, several feet in length, stretching 
ye td the surface of the ground, bearing in their course a succession 
3 The b T are poisonous, but the root affords a very 
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^ re be boil ed tai n, in which state they are a very good substitute 
: oe! ene and other roots in common use ; or they may be submitted 
ss similar to arrowroot, and a starch obtained. This starch 
wi is is of a pure white, and is equal in every respect to arrowroot. ; 
To the taste it is very palatable, is easily digested, and is employed - 
* starch, and which in the preparation of arrowroot is 1 m 
* thoroughly dried, be formed into a palatable and wholesome flour. 
ry excellent flour may also be by slicing the tubers, drying 
* them in the sun, and then reducing to a powder. Thi tis deserving 
* of being more generally won d» than it has hitherto been. It ought 
* ina great measure to su arrowroot in cultivation. It can be 
* planted at any season of ie yik. a the roots are fit for digging in the 
course of four or five months; the return is infinitely greater than that 
e from arrowroot, and the proportion of starch also is more abundant, 
so that it can be brought to market at so cheap a rate as to admit of 
being employed by the sy igen i ai of She eae The 
Macfadyen, it is noticed, speaks of the oriens emai sonous. Spruce, 
who collected what appears to be the same plant at 'l'arapota in South poe 
America, in 1857, — as “herba volubilis 10-20 pedalis, pro- 
ris m ta." - "The Peruvian name is stated to be —— 
coo 
It is also perennial an 
food plants for tropical countries, Ina recent e Dr. Trimen 
ve been having large crops e fem lately ; the stems sent - 
ns of last year bearin. What constitutes. their 
