CALCIUM OXALATE IN THE DASHEEN 45 1 
As the acrid flavor can readily be removed by proper methods of 
cooking,^ there is no reason why the presence of raphides should inter- 
fere with the use of the plant as a vegetable. 
Drug Plant, Poisonous Plant, Physiological 
AND Fermentation Investigations, 
Bureau of Plant Industry, 
Washington, D. C. 
^ Young, R. A. Yearbook U. S. Dept. Agric. 1916. pp. 203-206. 
