The Canihua, a Cultivated Food Plant from the High Andes (Chenopodium 



hastatum Philippi), S. P. I. No. 41335. 



The shepherds who live in the higher altitudes of the Peruvian Amies use the seeds of this plant for food. 

 The seeds are toasted ana then ground into meal and used principally as a travel ration, quantities of 

 itbi en by the shepherds when they go out, with their flocks on the An- lean pastures. The plant 



anil ill are much smaller than the better known quinoa. This species is grown only at very high 

 altitudes. It wasseen by Mr, < >. P. Cook only near the Pass of La Raya. The photogi iph shows seed- 

 lings (much reduced) in different stages of development. (I'hotojraphcl by the Vale University- 

 National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915; P17786CA.) 



