﻿Inventory 45, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate IV. 



The Canihua, a Cultivated Food Plant from the High Andes (Chenopodium 

 hastatum Philippi), S. P. I. No. 41 335. 



The shepherds who live in the higher altitudes of the Peruvian Andes use the seeds of tins plant for food. 

 The seeds are toasted and then ground into meal and used principally as a travel ration, quantities of 

 it being taken by the shepherds when they go out with their flocks on the Andean pastures. The plant 

 and seed are much smaller than the better known quinoa. This species is grown only at very high 

 altitudes. It was seen by Mr. O. F. Cook only near the Pass of La Raya. The photograph shows seed- 

 lings (much reduced) in different stages of development. (Photographed by the Yale University- 

 National Geographic Society Expedition, July, 1915; P17786CA.) 



