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AM All ANTACEAE . 



Amaranthus caudatus, Linn. ; Love-lies-bleeding, Eamdana 



(India), 



Annual, 1 to 3 ft. high, cultivated in India for the seed used 



as food (Watt), and in Tropical Africa the plant is cultivated 

 for use as spinach (Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Nat. d'Accl. 1912, 

 reprint p. 30). 



Amaranthus paniculatus, Linn. ; Common Amaranth. 

 Annual, 2 to 3 ft., native of Tropical Africa, India, &c. The 



jrain is one of the most important sources of food with the hill 



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tribes in India (Watt) ; leaves and shoots used for salad in 

 We*! Africa. 



Amaranthus polygamus, Linn. ; an annual plant, is cultivated 

 throughout India and all over the southern parts of Asia as 

 a pot-herb (Watt), and other species might be mentioned for 

 use in the same way. 



Chenopodi aceae . 



Atriplex semibaccata, R. Br.; Salt Bush, Half-berried Salt 

 Bush. 



A perennial spreading herb, 1 to 2 ft. high, native of Aus- 

 tralia ; cultivated in California on alkali lands for forage, also 

 cultivated experimentally in Antigua. It is a "plant held in 

 much esteem by stock owners as a most valuable herb for sheep, 

 which eat it down with avidity" (Turner). 



"Slender Salt Bush" (A. leptocarpa, F. Muell.), of 

 Australia has also been introduced to California. Atriplex 

 halimoides, LindL, of Australia; "Garden Orache " or "Moun- 

 tain Spinach " (A. hortensis, Linn.), of Northern Asia- 

 favourite vegetable in India and ;much cultivated in France 

 for its large succulent leaves and as spinach and " Cape Salt 

 Bush" (A. Halivius, Linn.), of Southern Europe and the 

 Mediterranean region, are grown at Kew as ornamental plants. 

 The last-mentioned is grown in the Isle of Wight and elsewhere 

 near the sea as a hedge plant; but none appear to have been 

 grown in England for forage. 



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Chenopodium Quinoa, Willd. ; Qumoa. 



Annual, 3 to 5 ft., native of the Andes of Chile, Peru and 

 Bolivia, where it is an important article of food of the inhabi- 

 tants, principally Indians of the labouring class. The plant has 

 been introduced to India from Peru, but so far with compara- 

 tively little success. The plant flourishes at high altitudes (there 



is a good set of specimens of seeds from Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, 

 altitude 12-13,000 ft., in the Kew Museum) where the climate 

 is more or less temperate. It has been suggested as a food crop 

 in England; but although it has been grown on a small scale to 

 maturity at Kew, it is probable that no advantage would be 

 gained bv cultivating' it on a large scale. The seeds are very 

 small (about 15,000 to the ounce) and might for value as a 



