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amount to about 20,000 pounds annually, and from 10,000 to 20,000 
pounds of the leaves are imported. The price paid for the seed is 
about 3 cents per pound, and for the leaves about 4 cents. 
AMERICAN WORMSEED. 
Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 
Other commmon names.—Mexican tea, Spanish tea, Jerusalem tea, 
Jesuit tea, ambrosia. (Fig. 29.) 
Fie, 29.—American Sroiuiaiell @ (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.). 
Range and habitat—This strong-scented herb, naturalized in this 
cant from tropical America, frequents waste places around dwell- 
gs and is found in streets, meadows, pastures, and grain fields from 
Now England to Florida, and westward to California. 
Description. American wormseed is an annual plant of the goosefoot 
family = es a height of from 2 to 3 feet. The 
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