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Updated: May 9, 2025
They had the "Caffir bread" the inside pith of the stems of a species of Zamia; and the "Caffir chestnut," the fruit of the Brabeium stellatum; and last, not least, the enormous roots of the "elephant's foot." They had wild onions and garlic too; and in the white flower-tops of a beautiful floating plant, they found a substitute for asparagus.
We were struck at finding in this hollow the bark of trees, and even the soil, covered with moss* and lichens. We also found, besides a small Boletus stipitatus, of a snow-white colour, the Boletus igniarius, and the Lycoperdon stellatum of Europe. Their growth is favoured by the moisture of the air, and the absence of the direct rays of the sun.
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