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prepared formerly from 

 the latex. 

 Shepherdia argentea Xutt. Buf- 

 falo-berry. . 

 an'-ka-mo-do-niip . 

 aii'-gu-ta-gup. 

 aii'-gup. 



These names refer to the 

 scarlet berries, 

 o'-pip. 



Berries eaten. 

 Shepherdia canadensis Xutt. 

 Buffalo-berry, 

 a'-da-mm-bip. 

 pi'-a-da-r lim-b lp . 



Cf. Ceanothus, a'da-riim-bip- 

 dn-ka-sip. 

 Sidalcea malva? flora Gray, 

 mu'-tsai-kump. 

 mf-ta-kump. 

 mi'-ta-komp. 

 Silene acaulis L. Catchfly. 

 tim'-p i-sa- gw u p . 

 wa'-si-pit. 



Said to have been used for 

 colic, etc., in children, being 

 a koi'-na-tsu. 

 Silene ant irrhina L. Catchfly. 



oi'-tcu-yo. 

 Silene multicaidis Nutt. and seou- 

 leri Hook. Catchfly. 

 In cases of " pain in stomach" 

 this plant was sometimes 

 used as an emetic. The 

 method of use was to pound 

 up. put into warm water, 

 and drink. It was also 

 used as a horse medicine or 

 pihYgo-na-tsu. 

 Silene menziesii Hook. Catchfly. 

 yo'-go-ti-wi-ya. 



Leaves formerly smoked as a 

 tobacco, being dried and 

 powdered for this purpose. 

 Sisymbrium canescens Xutt. 

 Hedge Mustard, 

 poi'-ya. 

 po'-nok. 



Seeds were gathered and used 

 for food, being made into 

 a kind of mush that was 

 much liked. 

 Si um cicutce folium Schrank Water 

 Parsnip, 

 pa'-o-tim-bite. 

 ?toi / -ya-ro-dzip. 

 Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt. 

 False Solomon's Seal, 

 f-dja-pain-po-go-niip. 

 [i'-djti-pa, coyote, + n. + 

 po'-go-nup, berry.] 

 f-ca-bo-gup. 

 i'ca-bo-go-niip. 



[i'-ca, wolf, + po'gup. po'-go- 



nUp, berry.] 

 Cf. the name for this plant, 

 yo-go-ta-ma-niimp. 



Berries said to be eaten by 

 the bear, and hence the 

 plant is designated as one 

 of a number under the 

 name wu'da-un-dY-kiip, 

 "bear food." It is also 

 known from a legendary 

 reference as pun'go-un- 

 da-mi (pihYgo, horse. + un 

 + da' mi.) 

 Smilacina stellata Desf. False 

 Solomon's Seal, 

 pai'ya. 



Roots pounded up and rubbed 

 on limbs in cases of rheu- 



