He wrote a long article on the growing and curing of tobacco for cigar-making and discussed how the bulbous roots of "comtee" (coontie), which grows wild in Florida and Georgia, could be used to make a starchy flour called Florida arrowroot, thus anticipating a future commercial enterprise in Florida.
It is worth noting this plant's critical importance to the Eumaeus atala butterfly.
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Coontie (or koonti) is derived from the Seminole Native American language conti hateka.
Banksia integrifolia | Zamia | Zamia pumila | Zamia integrifolia | Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia | ''Banksia integrifolia'' subsp. ''integrifolia'' |