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From the leaves of this plant 

 a tea was made which was 

 used as a beverage. 

 Mentzelia Icevicaulis Torr. and 

 Gray and multi flora. 

 pi'a-ku-hwa. 

 Mentzelia pumila, albicaulis, etc. 

 ku'hwa. 



Said by one informant to have 

 been used as a medicine 

 for burns (wai'a-na-tsu). 

 Mertensia alpina. 



?toi'y a-mo-ta-komp . 

 Microseris major and linearifolia. 

 mu'i-tci-gi. 

 mu'tci-gip. 

 Mitella trifida. 

 pi'a-naiik. 

 to'sa-na-tsu. 



The roots of species of 

 Mitella and Heuchera were 

 gathered and kept as a 

 medicine for colic in babies. 

 It was used as a decoction 

 and was much valued. 

 The color of the dried 

 roots gave the name of 

 to'sa-na-tsu, white medi- 

 cine, to the preparation as 

 likewise Mitella itself. 

 Monardella odoratissima. 



pu'i-di-sas. 

 Monolepis chenopodoidea. 

 ko'ga-bi. 

 ko'ga-rum-pi. 



Seeds said sometimes"to_have 

 been eaten. 

 Nasturtium palustre DC. and var. 

 Water-cress, 

 si'bo-i-ump. 

 Plant eaten. 



staminate 



pistillate 



Negundo aceroides Moench. Box 

 elder, 

 gu'su-wup. 

 Negundo aceroides, 

 flowers of. 

 ku'ni-up. 

 Negundo aceroides 



flowers of; samara of. 

 nan'ki-tco. 



[ndnk, ear, + prob. tso'mo, 

 tco, bead, etc.]. 

 Nicotiana attenuata Torr. To- 

 bacco, 

 pu'i-ba-u. 



This was the source of to- 

 bacco largely used by the 

 Gosiutes, the leaves being 

 dried in the ordinary way 

 and used either alone or 

 mixed with the inner bark 

 of the kinnikinnic (cf. 

 under Cornus). 

 Oenothera biennis L. Evening 

 Primrose, 

 tsfgi-tump. 



Seeds said to have been 

 occasionally eaten. 

 Oenothera ccespitosa Nutt. Even- 

 ing Primrose. 

 ??ka / na-gwa-nu. 



??Roots used as medicine. 

 Opuntia rutila Nutt., microseris 

 DC, etc. Cactus, 

 ai'gwo-bi. 



Formerly used as food, the 

 spines being removed and 

 the joints roasted in hot 

 coals. 

 Orogenia linearifolia, Watson. 

 kwi'ta-po-ni. 

 kwi'ta-po. 



