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CHENopopiIuM Quinoa. Userut Quinoa. 
Se se eo 
Class and Order. 
Penranpria Dieynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—CueEnopopeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla nulla. Stamina 5. Styli 2 
simplices, vel unicus stigmatibus 2. Semen unicum (orbi- 
culare) superum, pellicula tenuissima tectum. Embryo 
periphericus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
CueEnoropium Quinoa ; foliis triangulari-ovatis sinuatis sub- 
angulato - pinnatifidis glaucis, paniculis axillaribus 
terminalibusque, floribus densissime glomeratis fari- 
nosis. 
Cuenoropium Quinoa. Willd. Sp. Pl.v.1. p.1301. Humb. 
et Kunth, Gen. et Sp. 0.2. p.153. Spreng. Sp. Pl. v. 
1. 9. 920, | 
CuEnopopium folio sinuato saturate virente, vulgo Quinoa. 
Feuill, Chil. p. 15. t. 10. ea he i 
If the present plant boasts neither beautiful forms nor 
gaudy colours to attract attention, it must be recollected, 
that we have promised, besides handsome plants, represen- 
tations of such as are of peculiar interest; and it is upon 
that ground alone that we venture to figure a vegetable, as 
unattractive in external aspect as are the Oraches and the 
Goosefoot of the road-sides and waste places of our own 
country. The interest of the Cuznopopium Quinoa arises 
from this, that in the temperate regions of South America, 
it is, like the Corn in Europe, the “ chief nourishment of 
the people ;” with this difference, however, that it is not 
made into bread. The seeds, with their pericarps—in su 
words, 
