Inventory 58, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate I. 



A New Food Plant, the Huauhtzontli of Mexico. iCheno- 

 PODiUM nuttalliae Safford, S. P. I. No. 46956.) 



The unique infiore^cenee of this plant, in tlie stage shown in the photograph, is a favorite 

 vegetable with the Mexican Indians. The flowering tips, or rather tkose on which reed 

 is just beginning to ripen, are boiled or fried. These form, according to Mrs. Zelia 

 Nuttall, for whom the plant was named, a very nutritious and appetizing dish. It 

 should be tested in comparison with lamb's-quarters, of which it is a relative. (Pho- 

 tographed by Dr. W. E. Safiord from a plant collected by Maximino Martinez, near 

 the City of Mex co, Mexico, July, 1918.) 



