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PEDALIACEAE. 

 Sesamum iiadicum L. Ajon.toli. 



Sesamum hid hum is cultivated at Acapulco and other places in Mex 

 ico. The seeds are very oily and are used in many ways in cooking, 

 candies, etc. According to Dr. Palmer the oil is used in making soap. 

 In .Mexico this plant grows to the height of 0.0 to 1.2 meters (3 to 4 

 feet). 



CUCURBITACEAE. 



Cayaponia dubia (Hook. & Am.) Uoso. 



Cayaponia dubia is a vine common on the west coast of Mexico. The 

 vine, with the ripened or half-ripened fruit, is gathered and sold in the 

 markets at Kosario and elsewhere. It is said to be used in the place 

 of soap. The dry stems and fruit are crushed before using. (Herb. 

 No. 1481; EBNo. 81.) 

 Cucurbita foetidissima 1 T. B. K. Calai,kasili,a. 



Dr. Palmer tells me that a Cucurbita (probably C. foetidissima) with 

 small fruit is much used by the washerwomen in northern Mexico, lie 

 states that they mash the fruit and vines into a kind of pulp and add 

 it to their wash water. 



Dr. Manuel Urbina published a short paper on "Los Amoles Mexi- 

 canos," in 1807, in which he listed 2L species of plants used as amolc. 



In the list which follows 30 species are recorded. So far as known 

 I have given the Mexican name and the part of the plant used. 



Soaj) plant* of Me.riv.o. 



liUAMNACEAK: 



Zizyphus mexicana Koso A'mole 



Sapindaceae : 



Sapindvs galeotti Gray Fruit. 



Sapindus inequalis 1 >C rj , 



Sapindus marginatum Willd j Do. 



Sapindu* xajxtnaria L _._ Fruit (?). 



Fin it. 



Bejuoode itmolo ! Wood. 



liiiiiiociistlo I ISarkand pod 



Do. 



Sapindut sp 



LehL'MINOSAE: 



Entada polyntachya DC 



Unterolobium cyclocarpum Grisob 



CUCrRBtTACEAE: 



Cayaponia dubia (Hook. <fc Am.) Koso | Fruit and vi 



Cucurbita foetidissima II. H. K 



I'HYTOUACCACEAE : 



Phytolacca octandra L 



1'hytolacca icosandra L 



Stegnosperma halimifolia Itentli Amole | Boots. 



DlOSCoREACEAK: 



IHimcorca convolvulacea Cham. & Schleelit 

 Dioscorea sp 



ril'KKACEAE : 



I'iper palmeri C. DC . . 



