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and clearly means fire, 

 match, or " kindling wood." 

 In the Gosiute and most 

 related dialects the o'pi, 

 wood, is not heard, the 

 form remaining variously 

 as wap, wa'pi and wai'ap 

 (cf. the Gosiute wai'hin, 

 to burn). 

 One of the most familiar of 

 arborescent plants in the 

 Gosiute territory, occur- 

 ring widely over the foot- 

 hills and mountains. It 

 furnished the wood most 

 commonly used in the con- 

 struction of winter lodges, 

 the bark {i'na-wa-tsip) 

 being used for thatching 

 and occasionally as a cov- 

 ering on the floor, though 

 smaller branches and 

 especially grasses were 

 commonly applied to the 

 latter purpose. The bark 

 was also used to line and 

 cover the pits in which 

 dried fruits, etc., were 

 stored. The leaves fur- 

 nished a favorite medicine 

 for coughs and colds, being 

 used in the form of a tea. 

 It is still much in use for 

 this purpose. 

 The cedar-berries, known as 

 wap'-um-pi, were some- 

 times eaten in fall and 

 winter after proper boiling. 

 Juniperus communis var. alpina. 

 wap. 

 afi'go-gwa-nup. 



[Prob. an'go-bi, spruce, + 

 gwa'nup, odor, etc.]. 

 Juniperus virginianus L, Red 

 Cedar, 

 pa'wa-pi. 

 Kalmia glauca Ait. American 

 Laurel. 

 1 1 m'p m-tu-niimp . 



[tim'pi, rock, + tu'nump, 



mahogany.] 

 Also one of the plants spoken 

 of under the general desig- 

 nation tim'bo-ip. Leaves 

 by some used as a medicine. 

 Krynitzkia fulvocanescens Gray, 

 ku'si-ya-ni-gmt. 



[ku'tsip, ashes, ashen, in refer- 

 ence to the dense gray cov- 

 ering of hair, + ya'ni-gint.] 

 Lactuca leueophcea Gray. Lettuce, 

 mu'tci-gip. 

 mu'tci-gi. 



(pa-ot'-qa; prob. incorrect for 

 this form.) 

 Lactuca ludoviciana DC. Lettuce, 

 mu'tci-gip. 

 ?bi'tci-gwa-niip. 

 mu'tci-gi. 



The leaves of the various 

 species of Lactuca were 

 eaten. 

 Lathyrus ortuitus Nutt. Ever- 

 lasting Pea. 

 mu'da-bis. 



Also known under the general 

 name of pi'o-ra, referring to 

 the stem, and na' da-pa-ra- 

 na-gint, the latter in re- 

 stricted usage applying 

 to Astragalus and referring 

 to the pod. 



