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 | | Arrowroot is distinguished by the granules agglomerating :0 small balls, by slightly crepitating when rubbed between e fingers, and by yielding with boiling water a fine, transparent,)dorous and pleasant-tasting jelly. |
 | | In microscopic structure e granules present an ovoid form, marked with concentric lines ry similar to potato-starch, but readily distinguished by ving a hilum marking at the thick extremity of the granule, dIe in potato-starch the same appearance occur3 at the thin d (compare figs. |
 | | In addition to the West dian supplies, arrowroot is found in the commerce of Brazil, e East Indies, Australia, Cape Colony and Natal. |
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