On each shoulder there is a meandering design: 
it not be the tendril of the morning glory vine / 
of ae 3 
i od ) ? 
‘*. 
Tendril of Morning Glory? 
So much for Rivea corymbosa or ololiuhqui. 
could 
Schultes is quite certain that he has identified the 
flower carved on the right leg below the knee: Hezmia 
salicifolia, the sinicuich: of the Mexican highlands. Here 
is Mrs. Seeler’s comparison of the carving and the actual 
plant: 
a Fig. 8 b 
Heimia salicifolia, Sinicuichi of the Nahua 
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