<'"'"°''^] TAXONOMIC LIST OF PLANTS 107 



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Washinotonia longistylis (Ton-.) Hritton. Swoot Cicely. 



Cha^-pezhuta (Dakota); <h<V\ wooil; pezhuta. medicine. 



Sha'^ga-maka" (Omaha-Ponca), horse-medicine. 



Kahtsfaraha (Pawnee), "buffalo nu-dicino " {lahfm, medicine; 

 faraha, buffalo). 



The Omaha and Ponca say that horses were so fond of the roots 

 of Wdshingtonhi. that if one whistled to them, while holding out the 

 bag of roots, the horses came trotting up to get a taste, and so could 

 easily be caught. An Omaha said that the roots were jjounded up 

 to make poultices to apply to boils. A Winnebago medicine-man 

 reported the same treatment for wounds. A Pawnee said that a 

 decoction of the roots was taken for weakness and general debility. 



Heracletjm lanatum Michx. Cow Parsnip, Beaver Root. (PI. 21.) 

 Zhdhd-maka" (Omaha-Ponca), "beaver medicine" (zfuihii, beaver: 



nuil'a", medicine). 

 A Winnebago medicine-m;in said the tops of this i)lant were used 

 in the smoke treatjnent for fainting and convulsions. According to 

 a Pawnee, the root, scraped or pounded fine and boiled, was applied 

 as a poultice for boils. It was learned from an old Omaha woman 

 that the root was boiled and the decoction taken for intestinal pains 

 and as a physic. An old Omaha medicine-man said the dried roots 

 were pounded fine and mixed with beaver dung, and that the mi.xture 

 was placed in the hole in which the sacred pole was planted. 



Cogswellia DAunFOLiA (Nutt.) M. E. Jones. Love Seed. 



PezJu' htJmsla (Omaha-Ponca), " fiat herb " {pezhe, herb; bUumka, 

 flat). 



Seeds of this aromatic plant with seeds and various parts of 

 other- plants were used as a love charm by men of all trii)es in the 

 I'lains region. A Pawnee stated that to carry seeds of Cog-swdlia 

 rendered the possessor attractive to all persons, so he would have 

 many friends, all people would serve him well, and if used in con- 

 nection with certain other plants would make him winning to women, 

 so he might win any woman he might desire. 



CORNACEAE 



CoRNUS AMOMUM Mill. Red Dogwood, Kinnikinnick. (PI. 22.) 

 CM^-shasha (Dakota), "red wood" {cha", wood; shn-sha, a re- 

 duplication of sha., red). So called from the winter coloration 

 of its bark. 



