NORTH AMERICA* 
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Obferved growing in a garden in Mobile, two 
large trees of the Juglans pecan, and the Diof- 
corea bulbifera : this laft curious plant bears a 
large kidney fhaped root, one, two or three at 
the bofom of the leaves, feveral feet from the 
ground, as they climb up poles or fupports fet by 
their roots ; thefe roots when boiled or roafted 
are efteemed a pleafant wholefome food, and tafte 
like the ordinary Yam. 
CHAP* 
