﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  87 
  

  

  33250 
  to 
  33255— 
  Continued. 
  

   Roots 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  names 
  and 
  notes 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Kozai: 
  

   "Varieties 
  universally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Kyoto." 
  

  

  33250. 
  " 
  Yozaemon. 
  Red, 
  early." 
  

  

  33251. 
  "Hanza. 
  Late." 
  

  

  33252. 
  u 
  Fushiaka. 
  Node 
  red, 
  middle." 
  

   "Varieties 
  universally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  Saitama, 
  near 
  Tokyo.' 
  8 
  

  

  33253. 
  ••Shiro. 
  White, 
  very 
  early." 
  

   3S254. 
  "Nakate 
  Usu-Aka. 
  Rosy, 
  middle."- 
  

  

  33255. 
  l 
  'Kan-Udo, 
  Red, 
  extra 
  early." 
  

  

  33256 
  and 
  33257. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers. 
  Received 
  March 
  27, 
  1912. 
  

  

  33256. 
  Typha 
  elephantina 
  Roxb. 
  

   From 
  Kodjaberi. 
  

  

  "This 
  giant 
  Typha 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  rare 
  T. 
  elephantina 
  of 
  Java. 
  This 
  

   Typha 
  has 
  leaves 
  which 
  may 
  attain 
  4 
  meters 
  in. 
  length. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  moist 
  

   regions, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  water. 
  The 
  tufts 
  have 
  a 
  remarkable 
  appearance 
  — 
  one 
  would 
  

   say 
  a 
  field 
  of 
  Phormium. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  carinate, 
  thick, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  solid. 
  

   It 
  is 
  cultivated 
  for 
  cooperage 
  in 
  Algiers, 
  but 
  the 
  leaves 
  break." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  Roxburgh, 
  Flora 
  Indica, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  566, 
  calls 
  this 
  elephant 
  grass 
  and 
  say 
  8 
  

   elephants 
  are 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Marshes 
  throughout 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  to 
  Assam 
  and 
  

   southward; 
  also 
  in 
  Algiers. 
  

  

  33257. 
  Saccharum 
  spontaneum 
  L. 
  

   From 
  Bona. 
  

  

  33258. 
  Cacaka 
  erosa 
  (L.) 
  Kimtze. 
  Yam 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Kingston, 
  Jamaica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Harris, 
  Superintendent 
  

   of 
  Public 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  March 
  27, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "Flowers 
  white. 
  Seeds 
  red. 
  The 
  root 
  is 
  formed 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  simple 
  cordlike 
  

   fibers, 
  several 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  stretching 
  under 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  bearing 
  in 
  

   their 
  course 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  tubers. 
  

  

  "The 
  beans 
  are 
  poisonous, 
  but 
  the 
  root 
  affords 
  a 
  very 
  plentiful 
  supply 
  of 
  very 
  

   wholesome 
  food. 
  The 
  produce 
  of 
  three 
  plants 
  is 
  usually 
  sufficient 
  to 
  fill 
  a 
  bushel 
  

   basket. 
  The 
  tubers 
  may 
  either 
  be 
  boiled 
  plain, 
  in 
  which 
  state 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  

   substitute 
  for 
  yams 
  and 
  other 
  roots 
  in 
  common 
  use, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  submitted 
  to 
  a 
  

   process 
  similar 
  to 
  arrowroot, 
  and 
  a 
  starch 
  obtained. 
  This 
  starch 
  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 
  for 
  custards 
  and 
  puddings. 
  Even 
  the 
  trash 
  left 
  after 
  

   obtaining 
  the 
  starch, 
  and 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  arrowroot 
  is 
  lost, 
  may, 
  when 
  

   thoroughly 
  dried, 
  be 
  formed 
  into 
  a 
  palatable 
  and 
  wholesome 
  flour. 
  

  

  "A 
  very 
  excellent 
  flour 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  slicing 
  the 
  tubers, 
  drying 
  them 
  in 
  

   the 
  sun, 
  and 
  then 
  reducing 
  to 
  a 
  powder. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant 
  is 
  deserving 
  of 
  being 
  more 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  than 
  it 
  has 
  heretofore 
  

  

  been. 
  It 
  ought 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  measure 
  to 
  supersede 
  the 
  arrowroot 
  in 
  cultivation. 
  It 
  can 
  

  

  be 
  planted 
  at 
  any 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  fit 
  for 
  digging 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  

  

  four 
  or 
  five 
  months; 
  the 
  return 
  is 
  infinitely 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  from 
  arrowroot, 
  and 
  the 
  

  

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