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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



36283 to 36484— Continued. 



plateau. It is said to yield abundantly, though it does not seem to have occuircd 

 to any one to measure the yield of a given area. In late April and May some of 

 the fields were red with compact panicles, for this seemed the only part of the 

 plant visible for a short distance. Other fields had a greenish cast, there being 

 two or probably more varieties. On the island of Chiloe, southern Chile, the 

 plant grows much taller than any seen about Lake Titicaca and the foliage was 

 also much more abundant, though whether the latter condition was due to the 

 difference in the season or to the lower altitude and more abundant rainfall 

 is uncertain. The grain is used by the Indians in the same manner as rice, 

 being put in soups and made into porridge. It appeab to a North American 

 primarily as a breakfast food and should rank with oatmeal and some of the 

 better wheat preparations. It may be cooked and served in a manner similar 

 to oatmeal, but to spread it out in a tray about an inch deep after steaming 

 and then brown it in the oven makes it even more appetizing." 



36305. "(No. 294. Peru.)" 



36306. "(No. 355. La Paz, Bolivia.) Canahue. This may be another 

 species of Chenopodium grown by the Indians, or possibly the wild form 

 of C. quinoa. What I supposed was this plant has a different habit from 

 C. quinoa, however." 



36307. "(No. 371. Peru.) The well-known quinoa, of which there are 

 two and possibly three varieties." 



36308. "(No. 619. Peru.)" 



36309. "(No. 631. Cuzco, Peru.) White quinoa from near Cuzco." 



36310. "(No. 643. Oraya, Peru.)" 



36311. "(No. 644. Lima, Peru.) Quinoa from Lima." 



36312. "(No. 648. Lima, Peru.)" 



36313. CoRiANDRUM SATIVUM L. Coilander. 



"(No. 313. Peru.)" 

 36314 and 36315. Cucumts melo L. Muskmelon. 



36314. "(No. 306. Peru.)" ' * 



36315. "(No. 307. Peru.)" 



36316 to 36323. Cucurbita spp. Squash. 



36316. "(No. 331. Cuzco, Peru.) There is a great variety of squashes 

 in Peru and Bolivia, and they have evidently been cultivated for many 

 centuries. Some of the vases taken from gi'aves said by archeologists to 

 be very old have evidently been modeled from different types of 

 squashes." 



36317. "(No. 340. Cuzco, Peru.)" 



36318. "(No. 345. Cuzco, Peru.)" 



36319. "(No. 348. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36320. "(No. 349. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36321. "(No. 363. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36322. "(No. 369. Cuzco, Peru.)" 



36323. "(No. 372. Oruro, BoUvia.)" 

 36324. LucuMA sp. 



"(No. 582. Cuzco, Peru.) These fruits were smaller and not so good in 

 quality as those from Arequipa. WTiether this is due to their being brought 



