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sively gathered and used 

 as food. 

 Artemisia discolor Dougl. and 

 trifida Nutt. 

 ku'tsi-pa-wa-tsip. 

 ku'tsi-pa-wats. 

 ku'tsi-pa-hwats. 



[ku'tsip, ashes, ashen or gray, 

 etc., + pa'wa-tsip, or its 

 shortened forms, pa'wats 

 or pa'hwats, as in the name 

 of the following species.] 

 Seeds formerly eaten as with 

 the preceding form. 

 Artemisia, dracunculoides Pursh. 

 pa'wats. 

 pa'hwats. 



The seeds of this plant are 

 oily and nutritious. For- 

 merly much gathered as 

 food. Said to have formed 

 a favorite dish. 



Artemisia tridentata Nutt. Sage- 

 brush, 

 po'ho-bi. 



A tea made from the leaves 

 of this excessively abund- 

 ant plant was much used 

 as a medicine in febrile 

 conditions, etc. The leaves 

 were also used as a covering 

 over berries and other foods 

 preserved in caches. 

 Asclepiodora decumbens Gray. 

 ?pi'wa-nup. 

 A chewing gum said to have 

 been made from latex. 



Aster adscendens Lindl. Aster; 

 starwort. 

 pa-oto'-ga. 



[Feb., 



Astragalus iodanthus Watson. 

 Rattle-weed ; Buffalo-bean, 

 na'da-pa-ra-na-giint. 



da'pa-rai-nump. 



The name refers to the shoe- 

 shaped legumes. 

 Astragalus junceus Gray. Rat- 

 tleweed. 

 One of the puii'go-na-tsu or 

 horse medicines, as which 

 it is said to have been 

 valued. The name is from 

 pun' go, horse, and na'tsu, 

 medicine. 

 Astragalus utahensis T. and G. 

 Rattleweed. 

 to'sa-wu-da. 



[to'sa, -to'si-bit, white, + 

 wu'da, bear, a name appar- 

 ently suggested by the 

 dense white woolly cover- 

 ing of this plant and its 

 legumes.] 

 ti'a-sa-ton-dzi. 



Atriplex canescens James, 

 dsi'cup. 



Seeds eaten. 



Atriplex confertifolia Watson. 

 sun. 

 su'no. • 

 Tka'num-pi. 



The seeds were formerly eat- 

 en, this and other species 

 of Atriplex forming one of 

 the most important sources 

 of seed food. This and the 

 related forms frequently 

 occur in the region over 

 great areas. The seeds 

 were gathered in the same 



