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stomach complaints a large quantity of the leaves is often tied around 
the body and left for a couple of days. A decoction is sometimes 
taken internally to cure both the stomach ache and headache. To cure 
rheumatism, which is now a common complaint among the Indians, 
a quantity of the leaves is thrown into a large amount of hot water, 
which is used for bathing purposes twice a day for two or three days. 
The oil causes the skin to smart and this necessitates thorough rub- 
bing. The remedy seems to be a good one, for several white people 
have adopted it. Among the latter, however, the leaf is rubbed up 
with lard, and used thus in the form of an ointment. It Is also 
claimed that the oil is the chief ingredient of some patent medicines. 
It is now being distilled in considerable quantity at a few places. 
The aromatic vapor from the leaves thrown upon aslow fire is highly 
esteemed as a cure for many diseases, although the leaves are not used 
in the so-called sweat baths. To am assured that it is not a very 
uncommon sight to see an Indian standing in the smudge produced by 
the use of these leaves. 
The leaves appear to be very valuable for driving fleas away. One 
Indian said that they are very effective if strewn about the yard, and 
one white man assured me that, after spending S10 to $15 on flea pow- 
ders in a vain endeavor to drive these insects away, he had used laurel 
leaves with very marked success. The Pomo name for the nut is d@-Ae’, 
and for the tree bd-hem’. Bok is the Numlaki, and sd-e’-b@ the Con- 
cow name for the tree, 
PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 
Eschscholtzia douglasii (Hook. & Arn.) Walp. 
H1é-yi-con'-el (Yuki).—The light yellow California poppy, which 
grows in prodigal abundance in open ground throughout the region, The 
fresh root is placed in the cavity of a tooth to stop the toothache, and an 
extract from it is used as a wash or liniment for headache, suppurating 
sores, and to stop the secretion of milk in women; internally, to cause 
vomiting, cure stomach ache, and, to some extent, as a cure for con- 
sumption. An extract of the leaves is used to a slight extent to stop 
stomach ache. One individual stated that he ate the leaves for greens, 
but was careful to throw away the water in which they had been boiled. 
Powers, in his Tribes of California, also notes the use of poppy 
leaves for food. The root is said to be used secretly by some of the 
Indians in gambling for its stupefving effect. The Little Lake name 
for the plant is ¢d’-sha-le, the Yuki, do-sli-tit'-is-do, and the Wailaki, 
tso"'-ta-td-sit’-ché. 
Platystemon californicus Benth. 
Pal'-but, ink-o'-wm (Yuki).—The common ‘‘cream cup” of the 
region, a slender hairy annual with small nodding poppy-like buds, and 
