320 The American Naturalist. [April, 
in Arabic, rigleh ; * in Bengali, moonya, buroloonia ;* in Burma, 
myae-byet;* in Ceylon, genda-kola ;* in China, ma chi hien ; 
in Cochinchina, rau sam; at Constantinople, g/isrida ;® in 
Egypt, daglae, ridjle ; * in India, choolee, mooncha, moonea, khursa, 
khurfa;* in Japan, bakin, uma biju, siberi Jyu;* in Nubia, 
segetiemum;™ in Persia, turuek, kherefeh ; in Sanscrit, Jonika, 
looma; in Tamil, caril-keeray, puropoo-keeray.” 
QUINOA. Chenopodium quinoa, Willd. 
This plant was grown as a cereal plant in the table-lands of 
New Grenada, Peru, and Chili, at the time of the discovery of 
America, and De Vega” notes that both the Indians and the 
Spaniards use the foliage as a spinach, as well as the grain. In 
Chili a variety is named by Molina,” which yields a white grain, 
and this is the kind that is used as a vegetable in European gar- 
dens. A black-seeded variety, cultivated in gardens, is mentioned 
by Feuille” in Peru, preceding 1725. It was introduced in 
1785,” but has not received very extended use. In 1853 seeds 
from France were distributed from the U. S. Patent Office. 
The white quinoa is called in F rance, anserine quinoa blanc, 
quinoa blanc ; in Germany, peruanischer rets-spinat, REE be 
in Peru, guinua by the Indians, mujo by the Spaniards ; ® in Chili, 
the white sort, dakue ; » in Bolivia, guinua.”* 
RADISH. Raphanus sativus L. 
In European culture the radish is grown for its roots, but in 
other countries it is grown as well for its leaves and seed. Thus 
“Delile. Fl. Æg. Ill. 
4 Birdwood. Veg. Prod. of Bomb., 38, 161. 
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48 Speede. Ind. SUN of Gard., 171. 
49 Kaempfer. Amoen., 831. 
50 G. de Vega. Royal Com. Hak. Soc., ed. II., 358. 
5l Molina. Hist. of Chili, L., 91. 
5 Gibbon. Amazon, 139. 
5 Feuille. Peru, IH, Ap t6 t 
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