''"'''°''^' TAXONOMIC LIST OF PLANTS JH 



Pine Ridge said his people call it rattlesnake food and say that 

 rattlesnakes take it into their dens lor food. 



BoKAGINAtEAE 

 LiTHOSPERMUM CANESCENS (MicllX.) Lc-lim. 



Basu-hl (Omaha-Ponca). 



Children used the root of this plant in sport to chew with their 

 gum (gum of >SiIphiu7n Imimatum) to make it of a red color. The 

 flowers of this plant were likewise used to color gum yellow. 



A'kIM!ENACEAE 



Verbena hastata L. Wild \'crbeiia. 



ChwhaJoga pezhuta (Dakota) ; peskiifa, medicine, 



Pezhe mal-a" (Omaha-Ponca) ; pezhe, herb: m^ha", medicine. 



Among the Teton Dakota the leaves were boiled to make a drink 



as a remedy for stomach ache. Among the Omaha the leaves were 



steeped merely to make a beverage like tea. 



MEXTHAfEAE 



MoNARDA FiSTULosA L. Wild Bergamot, Horsemint. 



IleKaka ta pezhuta (Dakota), "elk medicine" {Kehaka, elk; pez- 

 hufa, medicine; fa, genitive sign) ; or Heliaka ta tcofe, food of the 

 elk (wofe, food). 



Pezhe pa (Omaha-Ponca), '■ bitter herb " {pa, bitter; pcz/ic, herb). 



Tsvsahtu (Pawnee), ill smelling. 



By the Teton Dakota the flowers and leaves are boiled together to 

 make a medicine which is drunk to cure abdominal pains. 



The Winnebago used for pimples and other dermal ('ru])tions on 

 the face an application made by boiling the leaves. 



MoNARDA FISTTLOSA vAR. Washtemna. 



Wa/ipe irashfemna (Dakota), "fragrant leaves" {wah'pe, leaf; 

 irashfe, good; 7)i7ui, odorous). This form is one of the plants 

 connected with the Sun dance, according to J. Owen Dorsey.' 



Izna-]cit}u-iga hi (Omaha-Ponca), referring to its use in com- 

 pounding a pomade for tlie hair. Sometimes called pezhe-pa 

 mi'"ga in distinction from the other pezhe-pa, in reference to i(s 

 finer essence and more delicat* plant body {mv'fja. female; fe- 

 male pezhe-pa) . 



Tsostu (Pawnee), meaning, if any, not found. 



> Slouan Cults, p. 454. 



