50 ILLUSTRATIONS 



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 I'l^TE JO ,1 A cartiu native to Xcbraaka. 6. Gathering buffalo berries (Lep- 



argjrat'a argentea) 1"* 



21. Honitleura lanatum 108 



22. ComuB amomum in bloom 108 



23. o. Awlepias B>Tiaca, flowers, t. Habit of ABclepiaBsyriaca 108 



24. Awlepiaa Byria<:a, fruila 108 



25. lpomoealeptophylla(buBh nioming-glorj-)- An entire plant, show- 



ing the large root, about 4 feet long 110 



26. a. Ipomoea leptophylla (bush moming-glor>), a perennial flowering 



plant native in the sand hills of Nebraska, showing habit. 



b. Ipomoea leptophylla (bush morning-glory) 110 



27. a. Pepo foetidisgima (wild gourd) in bloom, b. Strikes Two, an 



aged man of the Arikara tribe, gathering his tobacco 114 



28. Varieties of squashes and pumpkins cultivated by tribes of Indians 



of Nebraska from immemorial time 116 



29. a. Staminate and pistillate flowers of watermelons grown from 



seed obtained from Penishka, an old man of the Ponca tribe. 



6. Unit of %'ine of above 120 



29A. Uatennelon grown from seed obtained from Penishka, an old man 



of the Ponca tribe 120 



30. a. Echinacea angustifolia interspersed with Stipa spartea. 6. Tops 



and tubers of Ilelianthus tuberosus 132 



JOA. Lacinaria scarioeus 132 



