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ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



Cultivated for the Seeds. 

 1. Nutritious. 



Cacao — Theobroma Cacao, 5- 



Sugar Bean — Phaseolus lunatus, ^. 

 Quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa (1). 



Maize — Zea mays (1). 



Amazon and Orinoco Valley, 

 Panama (?), Yucatan (?). 



Brazil. 



New Granada, Peru (?), 

 Chili (?). 



New Granada (?). 



2. Various Uses. 



Amotto — Bixa orellana. 



Barbados Cotton — Gossypium barba- 



dense, §. 

 Earth Nuts— Arachis hypogaea (1). 

 Madia — Madia sativa (1). 



D. 



(?) 



E. 

 E. 



Tropical America. 



New Granada (?), Mexico (?), 



West Indies. 

 Brazil (?). 

 Chili, California. 



Cryptogam cultivated for the Whole Plant. 

 Mushroom — Agaricus campestris, ■^. I C. | Northern hemisphere. 



Species of Unknown or entirely Uncertain Origin. 



Common Haricot — Phaseolus vulgaris (1). 

 Musk Gourd — Cncurbita moschata (1). 

 Fig-leaved Gourd — Cucurbita ficifolia, f. 



