bitter roots even if accessible. Chesnut 2 writes that an Indian once 

 reported a white child as being poisoned by eating the stems of 

 Sierra meadowrue (T. polycar' jnwri) , a California species. Chesnut 

 (op. cit.} further reports that among some California Indian tribes 

 this plant is known as coyote-angelica, angelica being the universal 

 charm and panacea of the Indian and the coyote symbolizing his 

 ideal of cunning. These Indians believe that coyotes eat this 

 meadowrue without ill effects; and since the species is somewhat 

 aromatic like angelica, they call it coyote-angelica. The Indians 

 also washed their heads with the juice of meadowrue as a cure for 

 headache. 2 



- Chosnut, V. K. PLANTS USED BY THE INDIANS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY. CALIFORNIA. 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Bot., Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herbarium 7 : 295-422, illus. 1902. 



