23G PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Anticlea nuttallii, or Zygadenus venenosus. Black-bulb grass, 

 or by some tribes, deatli camass. The uut is considered poisonous 

 by Indians of California. 



Arceuthobium DiVATiiCATUM, Eugelm. Mistletoe whicli grows ou 

 the irinus edulis monophylla. This as "well as the pitch of the 

 same trees good for coughs, colds, and rheumatism. Making a fire 

 with it the Indians fumigate themselves therein. 



Arctostafhylos glauca, Lindl. Great berried manzanita. Leaves 

 smoked with native tobacco. The dried berries worn in necklaces. 



A. tomentosa, Doug], and A. pungens. Fruit eaten largely by all 



Califoruia Indians, raw or pounded into flour and made into mush 

 or stored for winter. An agreeable cider is made by soakiug the 

 flour and drawing ofl" the liquor. 



AscLEPiAs, Lowland milk-weed. Potter Valley and South Eel River 

 Indians make strings, cords, aud nets of the inner bark of this 

 plant. They crush the dry stalk with their teeth or between two 

 stones. They theu strip ofl" the outer bark and twist the bast into 

 threads. 



Atropis TENUiFOLTA, Watson. One of the "bunch grasses j" an ex- 

 cellent forage ; the seeds eaten by the natives. 



BiGELOViA. Used as medicine by the Indians of Walker Lake, Xevada. 



Blemosperma californicum, Torrey and Gray. Seeds gathered with 

 the fanning tray and seed basket and made into mush or bread. 



BRODiiEA CONGESTA, Smith. Purple flowered grass. A liliaceous 

 plant; the nut eaten raw or roasted. 



B. VOLUBILTS, Baker ; STROPnoLiRiON californicum, Torr. Climb- 



ing grass. A liliaceous plant ; the nut eaten raw or roasted. Used 

 for ornament by whites. 



Bromus virens, Buckl ; Ceratochloa grandiflora, ITook. Wild 

 grass. Fiber used in making cord aud netting by Ilupa. 



Calliproa lutea, Lindl.; Brodi^a ixioides. Smith. Yellow blos- 

 som grass. A liliaceous plant ; the nut eaten raw or roasted. 



Castilleia. Fotal'-hi-lcai-uin, in Yokuts painted cup. Use not given. 



Cercis occidentalis, Torrey. SaMttu, in Yokuts. Wood split fine 

 and used as sewing material in the coiled basketry, the basis of the 

 coil being willow twig. 



CnLOROGALUM POMERiDiANUM, Kunth. TroJcot, iu Yokuts. Soap 

 plant. Root eaten in times of scarcity. Soaked in hot water it is 

 used in removing tar worn by widows in mourning. The pounded 

 root mixed in water is employed in stupefying fish. Heated and 

 laid on old sores it cleanses and heals them. The fiber is also 

 made into brooms and household brushes. 



Clattonia PERFOLiATAjDon. Wild Icttucc. Used for food. Mr.Pow- 

 ers says that Indians near Auburn lay quantities of the lettuce 

 near red-ant nests for the insects to circulate through it; after- 

 wards the ants are shaken out and the Indians cat the plant with 

 relish, averring that a sour taste has been imparted to it. 



