r^lE-MrififE™™^'] ETHNOBOTANY OF THE TEWA INDIANS 61 



Finely powdered roots arc applied to wounds caused by snake bites 

 and to sores in which considerable pus appears. The pus is said to 

 be drawn out by the action of this remed\\^ 



The skin from the roots is pounded into powder; water is added to 

 make a paint, which is used on the face preparatory for the dance. 



ICofawo^ 'medicine for broken arms' {k'o^ arm; fa^ to break, 



wo^ medicine). 

 Pot'awo^ 'medicine for broken legs' ( po^ leg; fa, to break; wo, 



medicine). 

 Taraxacum taraxacunn. Common Dandelion. New Mexican 

 Spanish constielda. 

 The young plants are eaten as greens. 



The leaves ground fine are used in dressing fractures. At San Ilde- 

 fonso the ground leaves, reduced with water to a paste, are spread 

 over the fracture, and fresh leaves of the same plant bound over it 

 with rags. At Santa Clara a cloth spread with leaves on which ground 

 consuelda leaves are sprinkled is tied over the fracture. Consuelda 

 leaves ground and mixed with dough are applied to a bad bruise. 



T4n syi'iy, 'seed which smells' {tQV-, seed; sy,, to smell, smelling). 

 Thalictmm fendleri. Meadow Rue. 



Tei}€, 'tea plant' {te <Span.; jt?'^, plant). 



Dep'e, 'coyote plant' (^6, coyote; y/(% plant), and Ji'ofa, New 



Mexican Spanish cota. 

 Thelesperma grac'de and T. trijidum. New Mexican Spanish te, 

 te silvestre, cota. 

 The leaves are steeped and the tea is drunk as a l)everage )>3' Indians 

 and Mexicans. 



Pinns^Hij qxoii, 'mountain guuco' (/ny, mountain; ?*«, locative; 



([wa, Peritoma serrulatum). 

 Stanleyella vrrightii. 

 This is a species of mustard, the Mustard family being closelj^ 

 related to the guaco. The informants stated that pinnx'iy qml is 

 used in the same way as guaco for making paint for pottery and as 

 food. (See Polanisia trachysjyerma, p. 69.) 



Pinka, 'heart leaf {piij, heart, heart-shaped; hi, leaf). 

 Viola canadenns. Violet. 



'^AJconsyTslgi^iy, 'prairie horsemint' Calnij, valley, field, open 

 country; syfsigi^iy, see p. 57). 



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A small horsemint growing in the mountain canyons. 



' U.S. Dispensatory: Forms closely allied to this species are described as having several medicinal 

 properties. Fresh plants of the Common Mallow have been used as a suppurative or relaxing 

 poultice in case of external inflammation. 



