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"cold" medicines, it is used in the treatment of fever: the leaves are 

 chopped or finely ground, and the powder, slightly moistened, is 

 rubbed on the patient's head, face, and limbs and inside his mouth, and 



also given him in water to 

 drink. Su*sigi'iy is said to be 

 a remedy for sore eyes, but 

 the method of application has 

 not been ascertained. 



At Hano this plant is cooked 

 and eaten. 



P^e'ns^i ywsetsiieHy, 

 ' sticky podded weed ' 

 {p'en8ei\ weed; ywse, 

 thorny, thorn; tsite^ 

 stick}^). 



Oreocarya inulticaiilis. 



Qividi'p'e^ ' in a row plant' 



{qtviAii, line, row;^'e, 



stick, stalk, plant). 



Pentalostemum oligoj^hyl- 



lum, P. candidus, Prairie 



Clover. 



At San Ildefonso, the sweet 

 roots of the plant are eaten raw. 

 At Santa Clara it is applied to 

 an Atriplex^ species not deter- 

 mined. Women and children 

 chew the plant as a delicacy. 



KoliepoVi^ ' h u m m i n g - 

 bird flower' {Uohe, 

 hummingbird; pdb\ 

 flower). 

 Pentstemon t orreyi . 

 Beard-tongue. 

 Used at Santa Clara as a 

 dressing for sores. 



QaxL. 



Peritoma serrulatum. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Guaco. New 



Mexican Spanish guaco. (See fig. 4.) 



This is a very important plant with the Tewa, inasmuch as black 



paint for pottery decoration is made from it. Large quantities of 



young plants are collected, usually in July. The plants are boiled 



well in water; the woody parts are then removed and the decoction is 



again allowed to boil until it becomes thick and attains a black color. 



Fig. 4.— Rocky Mountain bee plant. 



