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Roots used as medicine. Said 

 to be applied as poultice 

 to SAvollen parts, and also 

 to be used internally. 

 Potentilla pennsylvanica. Five 

 Finger, 

 ku'-si-wah-go-gip . 

 ku'-tsa-ga-ti-wo-ra-rat. 

 Potentilla plattensis Xutt. Five 

 Finger. 

 i'-ca-ro-dzup. 



\i'-ca, wolf, + to' (hup, q. rid.] 

 Primula parryi Gray. Primrose. 

 ?pu , -i-pa-si-go. 

 ?toi / -ya-na(da)-ta-bu-da. 

 Primus demissa Welpers. Choke 

 Cherry; Wild Cherry, 

 to'o-nump. 

 ton'gi-cip. 



The fruit was used as food. 

 For winter use, after gath- 

 ering it was mashed and 

 spread out in layers to dry 

 in the sun. It was then 

 cached like that of the 

 serv ice-berry , previou sly 

 described. For use, the 

 common method was to 

 grind up the dried fruit, 

 boil in water, and to eat as 

 a sort of mush. A decoc- 

 tion from the bark was 

 used as a "blood medi- 

 cine," bu'-i-na-tsu, in cases 

 where a person was affected 

 with frequent hemorrhages 

 at the nose, etc., or, ac- 

 cording to the Gosiute 

 explanation, when the per- 

 son "has too much blood." 

 The bark was also used as 



a koi'-na-tsu for babies and 

 children. 

 Pseudotsuga douglasii Carr. Doug- 

 las Spruce, 

 wah'-go. 

 Purshia tridentata DC. 

 hi'-na-bi. 



Cf. Coivania, from which the 

 name is extended by many 

 to the present form. 

 Pyrus sambucifolia Cham, and Sc. 

 ?ku'-no-gip. 

 This is properly the name of 

 the Elder (Sambucus) and 

 it is doubtful whether the 

 name is properly applied 

 to the present form, which 

 in general appearance 

 resembles it, and hence 

 its specific name. It was 

 hard applied to this form, 

 however. 

 Quercus undulata Torr., var. 

 Scrub Oak; Rocky Moun- 

 tain Oak. 

 kwi'-ni-iip. 

 ku'-ni-up. 



The acorns (ku'-ni-ro-ump) 

 were prepared for food in 

 season, but they were not 

 preserved for winter use. 

 Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. 

 mo'-a-pa-on-gop. 



[mo'a + pa'on-gop, moss, etc.] 

 ?pa / mo. 

 Said entire plant sometimes 

 eaten. 

 Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. 

 Buttercup ; Crowfoot, 

 ni'-u-ru-pam-pi. 

 toi'-gup-a-gunt. 



