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36283 to 36484— Continued. 



36296 to 36298. Arachis hypogaea L. Peanut. 



36296. "(No. 330. Cuzco, Peru.) Manin. Peanuts sold by Indian 

 women on the market at Cuzco." 



36297. "(No. 311. Arequipa, Peru.) Manin. Peanuts sold by Indian 

 women in the market." 



36298. "(No. 339. Cuzco, Peru.)" 



36299. Brassica oleracea capitata L. Cabbage. 

 "(No. 288. Arequipa, Pern.) Repallo. Seeds obtained from an Indian 



woman in Arequipa. 

 See No. 36286 for further note. 



36300. Brassica oleracea capitata L. Cabbage. 

 "(No. 289. Arequipa, Peru.) Repallo bianco. Seeds obtained from an 



Indian woman in Arequipa." 

 See S. P. I. No. 36286 for further note. 



36301. Brassica rapa L. Turnip. 

 "(No. 290. Arequipa, Peru.) Navo. Seeds obtained from an Indian woman 



in Arequipa. Grown by the Indians, May show some interesting varia- 

 tions." 



36302. Brassica oleracea capitata L. Cabbage. 

 "(No. 291. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds obtained from an Indian woman in 



Arequipa. Grown by the Indians. May show some very interesting varia- 

 tions." 



36303. Caesalpixia sp. 



"(No. 312. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds of a large tree obtained from an Indian 

 medicine woman in Arequipa, from whom no reliable information could be 

 obtained. They probably came from a lower altitude, but even if from the 

 mountain region they can be grown only in the most favored localities of Florida 

 or California." 

 36804. Chenopodium sp. 



"(No. 295. Peru.) Canegua. A species of Chenopodium said to be culti- 

 tivated in the Puno district in the same wiy as quinoa, although what I sup- 

 posed to be this is a smaller plant and more spreading in habit. It is probably 

 less valuable than quinoa and certainly not grown to the same extent." 

 36305 to 36312. Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Quinoa. 



"One of the plants cultivated by the native inhabitants of the highlands of 

 Peru and Bohvia is a species of Chenopodium (C. quinoa) and so far as foUage 

 is concerned not very unlike in general appearance our ordinary goosefoot. Its 

 seeds, however, are white or nearly so and fully three times as large as those of 

 C. album. In pre-Columbian times this plant was one of the main foods of the 

 Indians, evidently ranking with the potato and com in this respect. None 

 of the Old World cereals being known before the discovery, it was only natural 

 that the cultivation of this plant should have extended over a considerable 

 area. In addition to Peru and Bolivia it was probably grown in some parts 

 of Argentina and is known with certainty to have been cultivated in Chile; 

 in fact, there even appears to have been an Araucanian or Mapuche name for it. 

 Doubtless its cultivation at the present time is less extensive than formerly, 

 due in part to the diminished Indian population and in part to an apparent 

 ignorance or indifference on the part of the white population to its real merits 

 as a food. At present it is probably most commonly grown on the Titicaca 



