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Layia glandulosa Hook and Arn. 

 mo'ta-qa. 

 mu'ta-qa. 



Applied also to several other 

 related forms. Cf. further 

 in the Gosiute list under 

 mo'ta-qa. 

 Leaf (general term). 



si'ei 



Lemna. Duckweed, 

 wa'da-bu-ip. 

 pai'ya-bo-sip. 

 Lepidium intermedium Gray. 

 Peppergrass. 

 wu'bu-i-nup. 



The same name was also 

 applied to several other 

 species belonging to the 

 same family with about 

 the same comprehensive- 

 ness and flexibility as 

 our popular name "pep- 

 pergrass." Cf. Draba. 

 Lewisia rediviva Pursh. 



ka'na. 

 Lichen (general term), 

 tim'pm-so-kiip. 



[tim'pi, rock, + n, + sok'up, 

 earth, "rock earth or cov- 

 ering."] 

 Linum kingii Watson. Flax. 



na'na-rip. 

 Linum perenne L. Flax. 



Applied as a remedy to 

 bruises, etc. Said to take 

 down swelling, etc. Cf . the 

 use of flax-seed meal. 

 Lithospermum hirtum Lehm. 

 Gromwell. 

 ah'ka-tso-nap. 

 an'ka-tso-n i-b aip . 

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[an'ka-bit, red, + tso'nap or 

 tso'ni-baip (cf. under next 

 species), the reference prob- 

 ably being to the deep 

 orange color of the corol- 

 las.] 

 Lithospermum pilosum Nutt. and 

 multiflorum Torr. Grom- 

 well; Stickseed. 

 tso'ni-baip. 

 tsom'ba. 

 tso'nap. 



[From tso'mo, tso, hook, etc., 

 + ba, seed, + -up or -ip, 

 the reference being to 

 the burlike fruit. Cf. our 

 popular name "stickseed," 

 which corresponds very 

 nearly to the Indian word.] 

 The seeds were sometimes 

 eaten. The roots formed 

 a valued remedy in kidney 

 trouble (diuretic). 

 Lonicera utahensis Watson and 

 involuerata Banks. Wood- 

 bine; Honeysuckle, 

 pi'a-ra-dum-b ip . 

 pi'a-da-rum-bip. 

 p a'ri-a-un-d lk-iip . 



[pa'ri, elk, + un, + dlk'ilp, 

 food; i. e., "elk's food." 

 Cf. the Ute te'ed-kav.] 

 These plants are also often 

 spoken of under the name 

 wu'da-iin-dik-up, " bear's 

 food," because the berries 

 are said to be eaten by 

 the bear. Cf. the name 

 "bear-berry," applied by 

 the settlers, of Montana, 

 etc., to species of Lonicera. 



