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Phalaris is regarded as the 

 "little brother" of Beck- 

 mannia. 

 Phlceum alpinum L. Cat's Tail 

 Grass; Mountain Herd's 

 Grass, 

 tf-so-nip. 



Cf. alopecurus, which is also 

 included under the name. 

 Phlox longifolia Nutt. Sweet 

 William; Phlox, 

 si-bi. 

 PJwraderidron juniperum L. Mis- 

 tletoe, 

 o'-ka. 

 Phragmites communis Trin. Reed, 

 paij. 

 paidj. 



This tall reed is found in 

 abundance in some places 

 along streams and about 

 ponds and is common along 

 the shores of Utah Take. 

 A sweet secretion or honey- 

 dew formed on the leaves 

 by aphides was formerly 

 gathered by the Indians 

 and used as a sugar (u'-ga- 

 pi-na). The same was 

 true of similar secretions 

 formed on the leaves of the 

 cottonwood and other 

 plants. In pioneer days 

 in Utah the Mormons also 

 gathered this secretion to 

 some extent. 

 Pinus monophylls Torr. and Trin. 

 Nut-pine, 

 ti'-ba-wa-ra. 



The nuts (ti'-ba) from this 

 tree formed one of the 



important foods of the 

 Gosiutes, and the invaria- 

 ble journey into the moun- 

 tains each fall for the 

 gathering the pine-nut har- 

 vest is still looked upon as 

 a great fixed event of the 

 year. In the pine-nut 

 season at this time the 

 Indians go chiefly to the 

 Deep Creek Mountains. 

 Pinus edulis Eug. Piilon Pine; 

 Nut-pine, 

 ai'-go-u-pi. 



When this species was acces- 

 sible the nuts were gath- 

 ered and used like those of 

 the preceding species. 

 Plant (general term), 

 si'-a-ka. 

 pu'-i-si-a-ka. 

 Plantago eriopoda Torr., patago- 

 nica, major L., etc. Plan- 

 tain, 

 toi'-gu-pa-gunt. 



[The name refers to the 

 elevated head of the flow- 

 ers, toi, indicating eleva- 

 tion, etc., + gup, fruit, + 

 a connective, + gilnt. The 

 same name is sometimes 

 applied to Ranunculus for 

 the same reason.] 



Poa californica Munro. Meadow 

 Grass. 

 ni'-a-brp ; ni'-a-bi. 

 Seeds eaten. 



Poa tenuifolia Nutt. "Bunch 

 Grass"; Meadow Grass, 

 mi'-a-ba-so-nfp. 



