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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGl" 



[bull. 55 



Sakwp'e, ' tobacco pipe plant' (.sa, tobacco; leu, stone; fe, stick, 



plant. 

 Ednnnia americana. Wax Flower. 



E2)hecl)'a ((yit/syphilttica. Joint Fir. 



Fii;. 3. — Mountain mahogany. 



The leaves and stems are boiled in water and the decoction is taken 

 as a remedy for diarrhea. Sometimes the leaves and stems are 

 chewed for the same purpose.^ 



Poni'i (of obscure etymology ;< New Mexican Spanish ^^«?7.^). 

 Fallugla paradoxa, Apache Plume. New Mexican Spanish 

 jponil ( < Tewa? lUit cf . Tewa \mVi < New Mexican Spanish 

 afiil, p. 60); see plate 4, I. 



1 Teamster's Tea {Ephedra antisypMliticaBeY\si.nd) is used by the Pima as a beverage, and by both the 

 Pima and the Mexicans as a remedy for syphilis. (See Russell, Twenty-sixth Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. 

 Ethn., p. 80.) 



