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amount to about 20,000 pounds annually, and from 10,000 to 20,000 

 pounds of the leaves are imported. The price paid for the seed is 

 about 3 cents per pound, and for the leaves about 1 cents. 



AMERICAN WORMSEED. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 



Other commmon names. — Mexican tea, Spanish tea, Jerusalem tea, 

 Jesuit tea, ambrosia. (Fig. 29.) 











Fig. 29. — American wormseed 1 {Chenopodium ambrosioides L.). 



Range and habitat. — This strong-scented herb, naturalized in this 

 country from tropical America, frequents waste places around dwell- 

 ings and is found in streets, meadows, pastures, and grain fields from 

 New England to Florida, and westward to California. 



Description. — American wormseed is an annual plant of the goosef oot 

 family (Chenopodiacege), attaining a height of from 2 to 3 feet. The 



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