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pinon gum is spiiiikled over them. If there is swelling at the groua 

 it is lauc?d by the attendant theiu-gist and the powdered gum 

 spiinkled into the incision as an antiseptic. 

 This medicmc belongs to all the fraternities. 



Polygonum la-patliifolium L. Smartweed. Poltgonace.s:. 



Buckwheat famUy. 

 Ha'tashawe, 'long leaf (haKha'li, leaf; ta'slia, long; we, plural 

 postfix). 

 The root of the plant is l^oUed and the tea administered as an 

 emetic and purgative. It belongs to all the fraternities. 



Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh. Fabace^. Pea family. 

 Ha'tsanna, 'small leaf (Iia<ha'li, leaf; tsan'na, small). 

 The leaves, moistened with water, are applied to the axUla, feet, 

 or any other part of the body, for purification. 

 The plant is the common property of the tribe. 



Ptiloria tenuifolia (Torr.) Raf. Cichoriace^. Chicory family. 

 La'matsa. 



Cure for rattlesnake bite. The entire plant, which is not broken 

 until required for use, is ground between stones, a small quantity of 

 water being added from time to time during the grinding. " h-^ 

 wound is sucked as quickly as possible, after which the powder 'j 

 aj^plied to it. The appUcation is repeated four mornings. Ti;ft 

 patient eats only Ite'we (wafer bread made of corn meal), and drinks 

 sparingly of water into which a small quantity of the powdered 

 medicine has been sprinkled. 



The plant belongs to all the fraternities. 



Quamoclidion multiflorum Torr. Wdd Four-o'clock. Allion- 



lACE^. Four-o'clock family. 

 SM'Tcwamu, 'swelhng reduced' {slii'Tcwa, swelling; mu, reduced). 



Men gather the root of this plant and give it to the women of the 

 family. A small quantity of the powdered root, in cold or warm 

 water, is given to adults and children to afford rehef from the effects 

 of overeating. Children especially suffer from the affection named. 

 The woman who administers the medicine takes some into her mouth, 

 and, ejecting it into her hands, rubs them over the abdomen of the 

 patient. The medicine belongs to all the women. Women frequently 

 slip a pinch of the powdered root into water to be drunk at meal 

 time by the yoimg men of the family, to prevent them overindulging 

 their appetites. The powder is also put into Jie'we that is to be car- 

 ried by men on long journeys, that they may not become too hungry 

 to be satisfied with what they have. 



This plant also bears the name a'wansa'pipi a'wa i'tonaMa,' great 

 young f owls all eating food' (a' wdTi, great; sa'^jip^, young fowls; a'wa, 



