The microscopy of vegetable foods, with special reference to the detection of adulteration and the diagnosis of mixtures (1916)
Winton, Andrew Lincoln, 1864-1946, Moeller, Josef, 1848-1924, Winton, Kate Grace Barber, Mrs · New York, John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 682
661 known in commerce as West India, Jamaica, Bermuda, St. Vincent, andNatal arrowroot. The process of manufacture is essentially the same as is used formaking potato starch,—in fact all the varieties of starch made from tubers,rhizomes, and roots are obtained in much the same manner. West India… … Fig. 582. Alaranta Starch. X300. (Moeller.) location of the hilum in the broad end and the wing-like fissures throughthe hilum. Aggregates are rare or absent. Forms. Ovoid, pear-shaped, and broadly spindle-shaped grains pre-dominate. Size. The large grains are mostly 30-50 // long, but…
