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ORIGIN OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



Name and duration. 



Date. 



Origin. 



Tomato Lycopersicum esculentum 



(!) 



Avocado Pear Persea gratissima, . 

 Papaw Papaya vulgaris, 5- 

 Pine- Apple Ananassa sativa, If. 



Peru. 



Mexico. 



West Indies,Central America. 



Mexico, Central America, 

 Panama, New Granada, 

 Guiana (?), Baliia (?). 



CULTIVATED FOB THE SEEDS. 

 1. Nutritious. 



Caoao Theobroma Cacao, 5 



Sugar Bean Phaseolus Innatus, If. 

 Quinoa Chenopodium quinoa (1). 



Maize Zea-mays (1). 



D. 



E. 

 E. 



D. 



Amazon and Orinoco Valley, 

 Panama (?), Yucatan (?). 



Brazil. 



New . Granada, Pern (?), 

 Chili (?). 



New Granada (?). 



Arnotto Bixa orellana. 



Barbados Cotton Gossypium barba- 



dense, . 



Earth Nuts Arachis hypogaea (1). 

 Madia Madia sativa (1). 



2. Various Uses. 

 D. 



E. 

 E. 



Tropical America. 



New Granada (?), Mexico (r), 



West Indies. 

 Brazil (?). 

 Chili, California. 



CRYPTOGAM CULTIVATED FOR THE WHOLE PLANT. 

 Mushroom Agaricus campestris,^. | C. | Northern hemisphere. 



SPECIES OF UNKNOWN OR ENTIRELY UNCERTAIN ORIGIN. 



Common Haricot Phaseolus vulgaris (1). 

 Musk Gourd Cucurbita moschata (1). 

 Fig-leaved Gourd Cucurbita ficifolia, . 



