tion in plant identification from the following institutions and 

 botanists: I.. Landrum. G. Prance, MJ. Balick, S. Mori. R. 

 Callejas. .1. Grimes, and R. Bareb> of the New York Botanical 

 Garden; T. Plowman. R. Stolze. S. Glassman. M. Nee. C. Nie/- 

 godaand P. Matekaitis of the Field Museum of Natural History, 

 Chicago; W.H. Eshhaugh of Miami Uni\ersity; P. Maasand C.C. 

 Berg of the Rijksuni\ersiteit. Utrecht. M. Hale, D. Wasshausen. 

 G.F. Russell. .1. Wurdack. S. Smith and, J. Zarucchi of the 

 National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington; A. Gcntr\ of the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. 

 l.ouisand D. Austin of Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 

 Florida. Wc would especially like to thank Timoth\ Plowman 

 and Miss Penny Matekaitis for their assistance with the speci- 

 mens and Mr. Mark Plotkin and Prof. R.E. Schultes of the 



Botanical Museum, Harvard University, for reviewing the manu- 

 script. 



In Ecuador, we received the full cooperation of Dr. Laurit/ 

 Holm-Nielsen and the herbarium staff of the Uni\ersidad Cato- 

 lica, the herbarium staff of the University Central, and Ing. 

 Carlos Aguirre, the Director General de Desarrolio Forestal of 

 the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadcria. We would especially 

 like to thank the staff and field personnel of the Summer Institute 

 of Linguistics in Ecuador who offered complete support at ever\' 

 phase of the project. Without their logistical assistance and aca- 

 demic advice, this project could not have been completed. Our 

 particular thanks go to Mr. David Underwood in Quito and to 

 Mrs. Kathie Yost, whose cooperation was directly responsible for 

 the success of this project. 



TABLE 1 



List of Waorani Useful Plants 



Plants Usi-d As TtciiNorociv 



Bambusa sp. 

 Setaria \'iilpiscta 

 Undetermined 



Astrocar\um Chambira 



Gramincac 

 Gramincac 

 Gramincac 

 Palmae 



Oona 

 Gage 



Y^mingo 



Oopog^ncaw^ 



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