92 ^SKS OF PL..N1^ BY IXmAKS >— - 



, ,-. 1 1' m.", \ ■ cilled also iramide weniffthe from 



T.m.. ' -f „.|*:;i^- , • :''i, i;,t n,ea„. "se^l " in .Ije sense 



r,;':^:, de:;:™7ior p,„n.i„g. ..,-,«« -...ns -so^eUnng .o 



„, ,l,i. pl.,„.. >vh.eh »re '»™\ '^.,;;„X, , b«n s.,lh.,ently so.ked 

 ""■'" ""," " "iT .T clt°l t "iL -re .hr„.n a«„y. So 



preparation of seeil coin, it ^\ab an oiu 



'' .t'C'"«> —■<■«'•'"" ' " - "»' " "" '"^"■•■'"'■'" "' ■■ " "'■ "'""■ 



cine " among the Clnppe\va.= 



Glyctrhiza LEPitxrrA Pursh. Wild Licorice 



HW.W./ (Dakota), "jealous woman" i"''- ~';-;C:';v^S^ 

 ous) . The name is said to have been suggested by tlu bui-., ^vhicli 



" take hold of a man." 

 Pithah^itumkifshuhast (Pawnee). , ,, ■ i, 



\mot the Teton Dakota a poultice for sore backs of horses is made 

 b^ ch'fng he leaves of this plant. For toothache the sutierer chews 

 L ,ot Tnd holds it in the mouth. The Indians s.iy ''It ta 



rom^ at first, but after a while it becomes sweet." The leaves aft.r 

 li?:^s;^eped are applied to the ears for earache. A decoction of the 

 root is used as a remedy for fever in children. 



P.oRAi,F.A EscrxEXTA Pursh. Pommo Blanche. Tipsin. (Pis. lo, 16.) 

 Ti/m" or tip.v''na (Dakota) : Teton diuk-ct, t/ps>"la. 

 .\uqth,' (Omaha-Ponca). 

 Td'olcemhi (Winnebago), hungry. 



Pntsuroka (Pawnee). , 



The roots of this plant were an important item of the Aegetal 

 diet of the Plains tribes. After being peeled they were eaten tresh 

 and uncooked or cooked. Large quantities were dug in June and 

 earlv Julv to peel and dry for the winter food supply. The peeled 

 r„„ts were braided in long strings by the tapering ends, as strings ot 

 •Tarlic are braided bv the tops. 



The root is both farinaceous and glutinous and seems to form a 

 desirable food with a palatable taste characteristic of the bean 



""irowing as this plant does, on the dry prairie in hard ground, 

 with the enlargement of the roo t several inches below the surface, it 



• .\,tra\av«'< or,..»(rnr;.«» Is a synonym ..f (JropnimnoH c.assioarpum (Nutt.) Rydb. 

 sDoDBmorp, Chlppewtt Music— II, pp. 03-G4. 



