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sidered by both Indians and whites as a specific for colic and for colds. 
Its efficiency in the cure of bronchitis is recognized by one of its com- 
mon names, bronchitis plant. A decoction is used internally by the 
Indians for stomach ache, headache, diarrhea, and some kinds of fever. 
Externally it is used as a head wash to relieve headache and as a wash 
for sore eyes. The juice is reputed by one individual to be a specific 
against the effect of poison oak (hus diversiloba). Bruised leaves are 
frequently placed in the nostril to relieve the effects of a cold, and are 
tied in bundles around the body to cure rheumatism, and after child- 
birth to promote the circulation of blood. In the sweat-bath cure 
for rheumatism the leaves are considered invaluable. The method 
of treatment consists essentially in binding the dampened leaves in 
large bundles to the limb and then subjecting it to heat. The heat is 
sometimes applied by piling heated dirt upon the bandage or by 
wrapping the limb or even the whole body in a blanket and lying 
down in a hole which has previously been heated by a small tire. — It 
requires many hours to obtain the desired relief. 
The Yokia name for the plant is £@’-4/7. 
Baccharis consanguinea Greene. 
No Indian name was obtained for this plant, which is sometimes 
known as groundsel tree. It is a compact, glutinous evergreen shrub 
8 to 12 feet high, with thick, alternate, ovate, stemless leaves with 
coarsely toothed margins, and terminal clusters of small cylindrical 
white flowers. The staminate and pistillate flowers grow on separate 
shrubs, and the latter are very showy in autumn. It grows in various 
habitats and is common throughout the region. The wood being 
light, pithy, and very straight, was formerly used for arrows. 
Blepharipappus platyglossus (Fisch. & Mey.) Greene. 
[1é'-pé (Yuki). A very showy wide-branching annual about a foot 
in height, which is more or less hairy and glandular, and has numer- 
ous bright-yellow flowers tipped with white. It covers meadows in 
great profusion, and is known under cultivation as ‘‘tidy tips” and 
yellow daisy. The seeds furnish one of the very highly esteemed 
kinds of pinole. The Yokia name for the plant is ché-dd’. 
Coleosanthus californicus (A. Gray) Kuntze. 
No Indian name was given for the plant, and it has no common name 
which is in general use. It is a perennial, 2 or 3 feet high, woody at 
base, and somewhat scurfy and glandular throughout. The alternate 
leaves are ovate or heart-shaped and coarse-toothed, those on the main 
stem being a couple of inches long, while those on the side branches of 
the terminal or subterminal flower clusters are only ahalf inch in length. 
The green, cylindrical flowers are arranged in nearly sessile spikes at 
or near the top of the plant. — It grows commonly on dry gravelly river 
