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Cercis occidentalis. Keillnid. 



Che-e (Yuki). 



The wood of the branches, with or without the })urk. is used in ])as- 

 ketry b}^ man}' California tribes, notably ])y the Round Valk\y Indians 

 of northern California. (V. K. Chesnut, 1902). Among the Nishinani 

 Indians of Bear Valley, Placer County, the willow foundations in cer- 

 tain coiled baskets are sewed together with a thread of redbud wood. 

 (Stephen Powers, 187T.) The dark red patterns in tiie l)askets of the 

 Pit River Indians and the Tulare Indians are formed from split 

 branches with the })ark left on. 



Ceropteris triangularis. (Told('nl)ack. 



This little fern, known usually as Gijinmxjranniia trlaiHjKfaris^ luis a 

 black stipe or stem which is sometimes used by the Round Valley 

 Indians (V. K. Chesnut, 1902) and the Hupa Indians (Mary II. Man- 

 ning, letter) of northern California as a substitute for maidenhair 

 stems, when these are not availal)le, in l)lack basket patterns. 



Clirysothainnus laricinus. Kal)l)itl)rnHh. 



:\Ia'-i-bi (Moki). 



The l)ranches are sometimes used by the Moki Indians of northeastern 

 Arizona for the weft of theii liner wicker pla([ues. (W. Hough, notes.) 



Chrysothamnus moquianvis. - Rabbitljruhih. 



Ha^-no Khi^-va-pi (Moki). 



The twigs are used at Oraibi, Arizona, to form the weft in the 

 wicker plaques of the Moki Indians. (W. Hough, notes.) The identi- 

 fication of the plant (U. S. Nat. Herb, 271-057) is by E. L. (xreene, 

 the species being one closely related to the widel\' distributed ('hnjso- 

 tliamnus \B!<jdovl(i\ graoeolens. 



Cinna latifolia. Wood Keinlgrass. 



Chu^-kan sliark (Tlinkit). 



Among the grasses employed ))y the Tlinkit Indians of the south 

 Alaskan coast for the white patterns in their spruce-root baskets this 

 species is the commonest. The part used is the stem, from which 

 sections are split to be applied as an overlay on the spruce-root strands. 

 (G. T. Emmons, notes.) 



Cladium mariscus. Clad i am. 



From the root, coiled baskets of excellent quality are made by 

 tribes on the lower Sierra from Fresno River to Kern River, Califor- 

 nia. (C. Hart Merriam, 1903.) Identified by Miss Alice Eastwood. 



Corylus californica. Hazelnut. 



01 iiiaiii (Yuki). 



The shoots of the hazehiut are used by many of the Indian tribes 

 from northern California to Washington, west of the Cascade Moun- 



