Catalogue Of Economic Plants In The Collection Of The U S Depar
Chapter 9
431. ZINGIBER OFFICINALE.--This plant is cultivated in most warm countries for the sake of its rhizomes, which furnish the spice called ginger. It is prepared by digging up the roots when a year old, scraping them, and drying them in the sun. Ginger, when broken across, shows a number of little fibers embedded in floury tissue. Its hot pungent taste is due to a volatile oil. It also contains starch and yellow coloring matter. Ginger is used for various medicinal purposes, and in many ways as a condiment, and in the preparation of cordials and so-called teas.
Transcriber's Endnotes
The following list details significant changes to the originally published text, along with other noteworthy points:
Page 4. "Acacia deal bata" amended to _Acacia dealbata_.
Page 5. "Amomum meleguetta" amended to _Amomum melegueta_.
Page 6. "Andropogon schaenanthus" amended to _Andropogon sch[oe]nanthus_.
Page 7. "Araucaria bidwilli" amended to _Araucaria bidwillii_.
Page 7. "Araucaria cunninghami" amended to _Araucaria cunninghamii_.
Page 9. "Beaucarnea recurvifolia" remains as printed but could be an earlier classification of _Beaucarnea recurvata_ based upon the description.
Page 9. "Bergera konigi" amended to _Bergera koenigii_.
Page 10. "Brosium alicastrum" amended to _Brosimum alicastrum_.
Page 10. "Caesalpina pulcherrima" amended to _Caesalpinia pulcherrima_.
Page 11. "Callistemon salignum" amended to _Callistemon salignus_.
Page 13. "Cinchonacae" amended to _Cinchonaceae_.
Page 13. "Chamaerops fortunii" amended to _Chamaerops fortunei_.
Page 17. "Croton calsamiferum" amended to _Croton balsamiferum_.
Page 18. "Dialium acutifolium" remains as printed but could be an earlier classification of _Dialium cochinchinense_ or _Codarium acutifolium_.
Page 19. "Dubosia hopwoodii" amended to _Duboisia hopwoodii_.
Page 22. "Feuillaea cordifolia" amended to _Fevillea cordifolia_.
Page 22. "Fourcroya cubense" remains as printed but probably refers to _Furcraea cubensis_.
Page 23. "Gastrolobium bilobium" amended to _Gastrolobium bilobum_.
Page 24. "Roselee" amended to _Roselle_.
Page 25. "Hyphae thebaica" amended to _Hyphaene thebaica_.
Page 25. "Ipomaea purga" amended to _Ipom[oe]a purga_.
Page 26. "Jatropha clauca" remains as printed but probably refers to _Jatropha glauca_.
Page 26. "Krameria triandria" amended to _Krameria triandra_.
Page 27. "Leptosperum lanigerum" amended to _Leptospermum lanigerum_.
Page 27. "Livistonia australis" amended to _Livistona australis_.
Page 27. "Machaerum firmum" amended to _Machaerium firmum_.
Page 29. "Monstera dellciosa" amended to _Monstera deliciosa_.
Page 30. "Myrosperum toluiferum" amended to _Myrospermum toluiferum_.
Page 31. "Ophiorhiza mungos" amended to _Ophiorrhiza mungos_.
Page 35. "Plumieria alba" amended to _Plumeria alba_.
Page 35. "puniein" amended to _punicin_.
Page 36. "Raphia t[oe]digera" amended to _Raphia taedigera_.
Page 37. "Sabal adansoni" amended to _Sabal adansonii_.
Page 38. "Anastatica hierochuntina" amended to _Anastatica hierochuntica_.
Page 39. "Strelitzia regina" amended to _Strelitzia reginae_.
Page 39. "Strychnos nux vomica" amended to _Strychnos nux-vomica_.
Page 41. "Tristania nerifolia" amended to _Tristania neriifolia_.