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[Feb., 



ni'a-ba-so-nip. 

 ni'-a-bip. 



Cf. the preceding. 



The seeds of this abundant 

 " bunch grass," notwith- 

 standing their small size, 

 were an important source 

 of grain to the Gosiutes. 

 Poa pratensis L. Blue Grass; 

 Meadow Grass, 

 ni'-a-bip. 

 aii'-go-ma-tsai-ya. 



The latter name commonly 

 applied also to Deyeuxia, 

 and apparently more nar- 

 rowly restricted to the 

 latter. Species of Dey- 

 euxia are also often spoken 

 of as ni'-a-bip, the forms of 

 the two genera not being 

 sharply distinguished by 

 them, as is only natural. 

 Their names, like our own 

 popular ones, often includ- 

 ed species which, scientifi- 

 cally studied, botanists 

 place in separate genera, 

 while in other cases their 

 distinctions were very 

 close. 

 Polemonium cceruleum L. Greek 

 Valerian, 

 i'-ca-un-toi-nump . 



The name refers to the fact 

 that the wolf (i'ca) is said 

 to eat the berries of the 

 plant sometimes when sick. 



Polygonum amphibium L. 



pi'-a-pa-on-gop-pai'-dja-rump. 

 [po-up, large, + pa'on-gop, 



moss, water-weed, + pai'- 

 dja-rump.] 

 Polygonum erectum L. 



on'ka-pa-bui-i. 

 Polygonum hartwrightii Gray, 

 pa'-gu-ip. 

 ta'-kum-bu-i. 

 Polygonum imbricatum Nutt. 



ko'-ka-bi. 

 Polygonum viviperum L. 

 ?toi / -ya-da-ti-bu-da. j 

 Polygonum juniperinum. Moss, 

 tim'-pm-pa-bo-i-up. 

 pa'-ofi-gop. 

 pi'-a-pa-on-gop. 

 Cf. Hypnum. 

 Populus angustifolia James. Cot- 

 tonwood, 

 so'-o-pi. 

 so'ho-bi. 



The shoots of the cottonwood 

 furnished the material for 

 much of the basket work 

 among the Gosiutes. Be- 

 cause of greater strength 

 it was preferred to the 

 willows. The honey-dew 

 formed by aphides on the 

 leaves was gathered and 

 used somewhat as sugar. 

 Populus tremuloides Michx. 

 Quaking Aspen, 

 sm-gu-pi; sin'-gup. 

 Poteniilla anserina L. Five Finger. 



?so'-ko. 

 Potentilla fruticosa L. 

 wa'tsi-gint. 

 wa'na-gmt. 

 Potentilla glandulosa Lindl. Five 

 Finger, 

 pa'-sa-wi-giimp. 



