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A plant which grown in the mountains. It resembles the tirepoker 

 of our gardens. 



Pogq^^ytn ipogq'^i], ; tu, kernel). 



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A San Ildefonso informant stated that this plant grows low on the 



ground in the hills. The seed-pods are six inches long; these are 



gathered when ripe and are eaten after being roasted in hot ashes. 



An informant at Santa Clara gave this, probably in error, as the 



name of the Mesquite, which he professed to have seen on the Mexican 



border. From the seeds, Q'A\\(}i\ pngq''i)itu {pogq'^y, ; ta, kernel), 



and from which the plant evidently gets its name, flour was made. 



Po(/w» {po, water; qw,x, 1 Cercocarpus parvifolius). 



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Said to be a kind of lierb which Tewa boys use as a perfume. 



Potap'e, 'dry water plant' (/><% water; ta^ drv; ■J>'e^ stick, stalk, 

 plant). 



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This is a kind of weed that grows l)y the water. 



Potejj, 'water tube' (po, water; icij^ tube). 

 ? Villanova d/ssecta. 



Ssegphe {sxgo^ unexplained; he, roundish fruit, l)all). 

 ? Solanum jamesii. Potato. 

 It is said that sxgohe was originall}^ applied to a white-flowered 

 plant, native to this region, which bears small edible tubers similar 

 to potatoes. These tubers likewise are called ssegobe and are still 

 eaten by the Tewa. No specimen of the plant could be o])tained.* 

 See papa and ^uhnp'u, which arc also applied to 'potato.' 

 Swollen glands are called ssp.gohe. 



SsRylco. 



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Described as a kind of hard-wooded shrub. 



8epatowi. 



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This name was obtained at Santa Clara. Scpatqvn is said to be 

 a kind of water alga. 



This plant is placed on tiie foreln^ad to stop nosebleed. 



fa'ne. 



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Said to ])e the correct name of one of the species of plant wrongly 

 called jy'i^t tsayws^ii) in this paper. This information was volunteered 



' Cf. Hopi tiimna (" a small tiodule" ), potato (Solanum jamesii). It is boiled and eaten with a talc of 

 greasy taste called tiimhi' tcuka, ' potato clay.' (See Fewkes, Amer. Anthr., ix, 1895, p. 19.) 



