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manner as those of grasses 

 as previously described. 

 Atriplex truncata Torr. 

 a'po. 



Seeds used as food as with the 

 preceding species. 

 Avena sativa L. Oat. 

 o'a-tump. 



Apparently from English oat 

 + ilmp. 

 Balsa morrhiza hooked Nutt. 

 o'a-kitmp. 

 ?mo'a-kump. 

 a'ken-dzlp. 

 wi'a-ken-dzip. 



Seeds used as food. 

 Balsamorrhiza sagittata Nutt. 

 Arrowroot, 

 ku'si-a-ken-dzip. 



[ku'tsip, ashen, gray, + a'ken- 

 dzip.] 

 ku'si-ak. 



Shortened form of the pre- 

 ceding word, 

 a'ken-dzip. 



This brilliantly flowered 

 plant, which is abundant 

 over the hills and moun- 

 tain sides throughout the 

 Gosiute territory, was 

 formerly of much economic 

 importance to them. In 

 the spring the large leaves 

 and their petioles were 

 boiled and eaten. Later, 

 when the seeds were ripe, 

 these were beaten out of 

 the heads into baskets and 

 used as food as in the case 

 of those of Helianthus. 

 The root was used as a 



remedy upon fresh wounds, 

 being chewed or pounded 

 up and used as a paste or 

 salve upon the affected 

 part . 

 Bark. 

 wa'tsip. 



Beckmannia cruciformis Host. 

 Slough Grass, 

 u'gii-pi. 

 u'gup. 



Berberis repens Lindl. Oregon 

 Grape, 

 so'ko-ri-iimp. 



[so'ko-ri, deer, + ump, indi- 

 cating food, etc. Hence 

 "deer food."] 

 Berula angustifolia Koch, 

 a'tam-bl-tcup. 



Betula occidental is Hook. Birch, 

 u'di-iip. 



Bigelovia douglasii Gray. Rabbit- 

 brush ; Rayless Golden- 

 rod, 

 si'bii-pi. 



The chewing-gum most 

 highly valued among the 

 Gosiutes was prepared from 

 this plant as previously 

 described. 



Bigelovia pulchella Gray. Rabbit- 

 brush ; Rayless Golden- 

 rod, 

 ta'bi-si-bii-pi. 



[ta'bi, sun, + si'bu-pi, a name 

 of B. douglasii, the pre- 

 ceding species, regarded as 

 the typical Bigelovia.] 

 ta'bi-si-pomp. 



[ta'bi, sun, + pam'pi, head 



