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Sugar Maple. 0-ech-keh-a, Beech. Ho-ho-sa, Basswood. 

 Oo-ha-ivJiat-tah, Butternut. Oot-koo-tah, Sumac. Oo-nuh- 



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kwa-sa-wa-nehs, Burdock. Ne-nh-noo-kwa-sa-saahy Hound's f 



Tongue. 0-yen~kwa, Tobacco. Oo-a-hoot-ktva, Sweet Flag, 

 Cat-tail and Iris, all named from the leaf. O-na-ktva, Teas. 

 OO'Sah'ha-tah, Beans. Oo-neh~iioo-kzva, Potato. Oo-neh-noh- 

 tah. Artichoke. Oo-n^-soo, Cabbage. Oo-ia-yah, Anise. Oo- 

 nah-koon-sah, Birch. Gak-hoon-wa-yah, Black Ash. ' Ka-mjiy 

 White Ash. A-7ick, Hickory. Us-teek, Bitternut Hickory. Ko- 

 ycn-ta-ka-ah-ta, W'hitewood, White Tree. O-skiveihe-tah, 

 Golden Rod. We-yun-%vah, Golden Rod. Ki-en'tah-ka-eh'tah, 

 Oak. Oo-ne-hah, Corn. Oo-na-hah-keh-ha-tah, White Corn. 

 A curious name is Hah-ska~7iah~Jto-nah^ applied to both 

 white Dicentras — the Squirrel Corn and Dutchman's Breeches, 

 sometimes called ''Boys and Girls." It means *' Ghost Corn, or 

 that which ghosts feed upon " ; a striking name for the spectral 

 spikes of blossoms. Having always heard of the Trillww as an 

 Indian medicinal herb, I Avas surprised to find my good friend, the 

 medicine woman, not at all familiar with it She had no name 

 for the purple species, and knew of no virtues in the plant. 

 The White Wake Robin was O-je^gm^stah, ''Wrinkles on 

 the forehead," from the lines on the petals. The drooping clusters 

 of the Hop are Oje-jea, " Like a flower," and an appropriate 

 name it seemed as I stood talking with the Indian hop-pickers. 

 O-ah-zveU'Sa is the Sunflower. 



I hope to add others to these, but of many plants the Indians 

 know nothing, or have given them no names. In Schoolcraft s 

 vocabulary I find but little additional, and Zeisberger's Onondaga 

 Dictionary is largely Mohawk. As it is, he gives few plants, a | 



curious omission in most of the old Iroquois vocabularies. The 

 above list is entirely from original sources, and for both words 



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ga friend, Mr. Al 



M Beauchamp 



On Irregular Tendencies in Tubifloral Compositse 



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In all our systems of classification it is rare that we find exact 

 dividing lines. Distinguishing characters often overlap, and are 



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*Read before the meeting of the Botanical Club of ibe A. A. A. S., at Cleve- 

 land, August i6th, 1888. 





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