56 ETHNOBOTANY OF THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. asn. 30 



Linum pvherulum (Engelm.) Heller. Yellow Flax. Linace^. 



Flax family. 

 Tu'nawena a'wa a'kwawa, 'e.ye-sick all medicine' (tu'na, eye; 

 wena, sick: a'xca, all; a'kwawa, medicine). 

 The berry of this plant is tied in a bit of cloth and the juice squeezed 

 into the eye to relieve inflammation. The plant belongs to all the 

 people. 



Lithospermum linfarifolium Goldie. Puccoon. Boraginacile. 



Borage family. 

 Evn'minne kwin'rui, 'black root' (kwi'minne, root: Jcunn'na, 

 black). 

 The medicine is administered b}' Kwe'lele, one of the three patron 

 gods of the Great Fne fraternity,' to reheve sore throat and swelling 

 of any part of the body. 



The root is grotmd to a powder in the morning, on a ceremonial 

 grinding-stone, in the room of the patient, and gathered into a deer- 

 skin sack. The remainder of the plant is made into a tea by boiling 

 in water, which is given warm to the patient as soon as made. After 

 the tea has been drvmk the stone upon which the root was ground is 

 heated, a small quantity of water is poured on the stone, and when 

 the water is boiling Kwe'lele loosens the medicine which adheres to 

 the stone, and, hfting the latter with both hands, rubs it over the 

 affected part of the body of the patient. The tea is again given at 

 noon, and Kwe'lele returns at sunset with his two godly impersona^ 

 tors and with much ceremony apphes the powdered root medicine to 

 the parts affected. - 



Lobelia splendens WiUd. Cardinal Flower. Lobeliacke. Lo- 

 belia family. 

 Wa'yas'iwulu , 'fog or mist ascending hke clouds from the earth.' 

 (A satisfactory' explanation of this name could not be 

 obtained.) 

 This plant is one of a number employed by the Shu'maakwe fra- 

 ternity in the preparation of their pat medicine.^ 



Machseranthera glaheUa (Nutt.) Greene. Carduace^. Thistle 



family. 

 Ha'mopiawe, 'hail leaf {ha<lia'li, leaf; mo'piawe [pi.], hail). 

 The plant is ground and mixed with warm (not hot) water, and the 

 tea is drunk as an emetic for sick stomach. This medicine is also 

 rubbed over the abdomen. It belongs to all the fraternities. 



1 See eSd Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 485. 



2 Ibid., p. 487. 



^ Ibid., p. S43. See also p. 50 of the present memoir. 



