CONTENTS 



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Phonetic key xi 



Introduction 1 



Scope of ethnobotany ■. 1 



Ethnobotanical field work 2 



Collection and preparation of botanical .specimens 4 



Previous ethnoliotanical studies 5 



Tewa concepts of plant life 7 



Functions of plant parts 7 



Classification of plants 8 



. Discrimination 9 



Plant names of the Tewa 10 



Character of plant names 10 



Non-compounded Tewa plant names 10 



Unetymologizal>le plant names of native origin 10 



Plant names of Spanish origin that have no common equivalents of Tewa 



origin 11 



Parts and properties of plants 12 



Flowers, their parts and functions 12 



Inflorescence 14 



Seeds and fruits, their parts and functions 15 



Leaves, their parts and functions 19 



Leaves in general 19 



Size and shape of leaves 19 



Compound leaves 20 



Surface of leaves 20 



Margin of leaves 21 



Tendril 21 



Stalk, trunk, stump, stem, lirancli, twig, joint 21 



Root 23 



Leaf-sheath _ 23 



Wood, pith 23 



Fiber 24 



Juice 24 



Gum 24 



Bark 24 



Hair, spine, thorn 25 



Growth of plants 2G 



Habits of growth 26 



Dense growth, forest, grove 27 



Condition of plants 28 



Worms, gall-balls 28 



Chemically changed vegetal matter 28 



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