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Vaccinium ccespitosum Michx. 

 Belberry ; Blue-berry, 

 ti'-da-kai-mi-ya. 

 ti'-mai-hya. 



Leaves formerly dried and 

 used as a tobacco. Hence 

 grouped with kinnikinnic 

 (Cornus) by the Indians. 

 Valerianella congesta DC. 



a'-pa. 

 Valeriana edulis Nutt. 

 toi'-ya-bit-iim-ba-ga. 

 toi'-ya-bit-um-ba. 



Roots pounded up and rubbed 

 on externally for rheu- 

 matism. Said also to be 

 good on swollen and 

 bruised regions {bai'gwi- 

 na-tsu). Roots eaten. 

 Valeriana sylvatica Banks, 

 ku'yi-kwa-niip . 

 ku'i. 



Said to kill horses. An ar- 

 row poison is said to have 

 been prepared from the 

 root. 

 Veratrum californicum Durand. 

 False Hellebore, 

 l'-ca-po-go-niip. 

 The name may be rendered 

 "wolf currant." 

 Vicia americana Muhl. Vetch. 



up'-ta-wu-kw a-d j u-n in . 

 Viola cucullata Ait. Violet. 

 ?pe-ku-ip. 

 Name not specific. 

 Viola palustris L. Violet. 



??dzi'-na-so-so. 

 Wood (general term), 

 o'-pi. 

 wu'-pi. 



Commonly used as the equiv- 

 alent of tree or shrub, 

 i. e., woody plant or even 

 of plant in general. 

 Wyethia amplexicaulis Nutt. 

 pi'-a-ken-dzip. 



[pi'up, big, + a'-ken-dzlp, 



q. vid.] 

 Seeds formerly gathered as 

 food. The roots furnished 

 a remedy applied exter- 

 nally upon bruised and 

 swollen limbs, etc. 

 Xanthium strumarium var. echina- 

 tum. Cockle-bur. 

 kwi'-tcem-bo-gop . 

 The name means "cow" or 

 "bison fruit or berry." 

 Zauschneria calif ornica Presl. 

 mu'-tu-nants-um-bi-j i. 

 mu'-tu-nants-pi-na-di-kint. 

 The first name means "hum- 

 ming-bird's milk" ; the sec- 

 ond approximately "hum- 

 ming-bird's sugar or sweet 

 food," " humming-bird's 

 nectar." The same name 

 is also applied to Gilia ag- 

 gregata, etc., being of gen- 

 eric character and inde- 

 pendent of the more special 

 names of each form. 

 Zea mats L. Indian Corn; Maize, 

 ko'-mu. 



korn (from English). 

 Zygadenus nuttalli Gray. Poison 

 Sego. 

 ta'-bi-si-go-up. 

 ta'-bi-tci-gop. 



[ta'-bi, sun, referring to the 

 clustered flowers (Cf. ta'- 



