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Eanunculus californicus, Bcutb. Yellow blossom or erow-foot. 

 The seeds are gathered by sweeping through the phuits a long- 

 handled basket or a gourd. The dry, parched fiour has the taste 

 of parched corn. 



Knus AROMATICA, var, TRILOBA, Gray. The fruit is said to be pleas- 

 antly acid and the slender twigs make beautiful coiled basketry. 



K. DIVERSILOBA, Torr. and Gray. Toison oak. Indians less poisoned 

 by it. Leaves eaten as antidote to poison. Women use the leaves 

 freely in cooking. They lay them on a, pile of roots or a batch of 

 corn bread over which are placed hot stones and earth. 



EuMEX. Yellow dock. Leaves eaten in spring, iioot heated and ap" 

 plied as a poultice for acute pain. 



Salix. Willow. Twigs inade into arrow-shai'ts and form the body of 

 the coiled basketry. 



Salvia Columbina. Seeds roasted and ground by Southern Cali- 

 fornians and Mexicans. Seed-like nutlets infused in water form a 

 pleasant, mucilaginous drink, which is largely consumed. 



Sambucus. Elder. Berries eaten. 



Sanicula tuberosa. Torrey. The turkey pea. An umbelliferous 

 food plant. 



SciRPUS lacustris, Liun. Tule plant. Pollen used for food. It is 

 beaten off in a cloth and made into i)inole or mush. The bulbous 

 roots are eaten and the stalks are exceedingly useful in matting and 

 basketry. 



Sporobolus asperifolius. Tfiulc-lcus, in Yokuts. A coarse grass, 

 whose leaves are extensively used in basketry. 



Trifolium. Clover. Talcorncs, in Yokuts. Boiled with dock and 

 other herbs for greens. Also eaten raw. 



ViTis CALIFORNICA, Benth. Wild grape. The fruit universally eaten. 



Xerophyllu^i tenax, Nutt. Used by Hupa iu making ornamental 

 basketry, 



