138 THE PLANT WORLD. 



Bear-grass — Yucca glauca Nutt. 



Broom-sage— Chrvsothamnus depressiis Nutt 



Canaigre — Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. Contains a valuable 

 tanning material. 



Carrizo — Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook) Hack. 



Chaparral — Thick underbrush of dwarf oaks, mescjuit or other 

 thorny growths. 



Cholla — Opuntia. Applied to species with cylindrical stems. 



Cliff-rose — Cowania mexicana Don. 



Colcomicate (New Mexico) — Biscutella? 



Cottonwood — Populus deltoides Marsh. 



Cream-cups — Platystemon californicus Benth. 



Entamario — Tessa ria borealis D. C. 



Flor del cardo — Argemone platyceras Link & Otto. Because of 

 the prickly plant, similar to the genus Carduus. 



Flor de pena — Selaginella lepidophylla Spring. 



Fox-tail grass — Phalaris sp. 



Grama grass — Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. , and other 

 species. 



Grease-wood — Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Northern 

 Arizona. 



Grease-wood — Covillea mexicana Moric. Southern Arizana. 



Guayuli (New Mexico) — Ceanothus sp. 



Hosh-kawn (Navajo) — Yucca baccata Torr. 



Indian pink — Castilleja. 



lodeodonda (New Mexico) — Covillea mexicana. 



Jimpson weed — Datura meteloides D. C. 



J unco — Koeberlinia. 



La capa — Phoradendron junij)erinum Engelm. 



Loco-weed — Astragalus. The name arises because animals after 

 eating this weed become "loco'' — crazy. 



Manzanita — Arctostaphylos. Name meaning "little apple," so- 

 called from the fruit. 



Mariposa lily — Calochortus aureus and many other species — but- 

 terfly lil3^ 



Marrubia (Lower Rio Grande) — Marrubium vulgare L. 



Mescal — Southern Arizona) — Agave sp. 



Mesqiiit — Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) D. C. 



Miembre— Salix sp. 



