92 ETHNOBOTANY OF THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ANN. 30 



Erysimum sp. Brassicace^. Mustard family. 

 Ha'lini tsan'na, 'long small leaf {ha<ha'li, leaf; li'ni, long; 

 tsan'na, small) , in allusion to tlie long slender leaf of the plant. 



The plant is cut close to the root and deposited in tlie large serrated 

 bowl of the flutists of Pa'yatamu (god of music, butterflies, and flow- 

 ers) at the drama of "The Coming of the Corn Maidens."' A crj^stal, 

 supposed to have been brought from the undermost world, is laid in 

 the center of the plant. Water is then put mto the bowl and sprmkled 

 with corn pollen. The flutes of Pa'yatamu are laid across the bowl 

 and the whole is covered with an embroidered white cotton kilt. A 

 shell to be used for admuiisterhig the water is placed on the kilt. 

 Wlien the water is given to the flutists by the director of the order 

 of Pa'yatamu, they eject it into their hands and rub it over their 

 bodies, " that their hearts may be as beautiful as the flowers and 

 butterflies of Pa'yatamu; that the rains may come to make the corn 

 and aU vegetation grow."- 



When used ceremoniall}-, this plant lielongs only to the order of 

 Pa'yatamu. 



Gossypium Tiirsutum L. Cotton. Malvace-e. Mallow family. 

 V'we, 'down.' 



Cotton plays an important part hi Zuui ceremonies, symbolizing 

 white clouds. Cords made of native cotton are tied loosely around 

 the wrists and ankles of the newborn child, while supplications are 

 ofl'ered that the rain makers will water the earth and make her 

 beautiful to look upon, that she may be auspicious and yield her 

 fi-uits, providmg for the child full nourishment to the end of its span 

 of life m this world. 



After death the heads of rain priests ^ are covered witli cotton 

 down, symboUzing their duties in this world and also then- obligations 

 in the undermost world whence they came and whither they return. 



The crowns of certain masks also are covered with raw cotton, 

 indicating that the gods represented are ram makers or are specially 

 associated with the rain makers. 



Gutierrezia jllifolia Greene. Snakeweed. Cakduace^. Thistle 



family. 



Kmlia' poko , 'water gathered together' iJcia<Jcia'we, water; 



lia'poko, or Tia'pone, gathered together), in allusion to the 



fact that the plant grows m abundance in wet places. 



Sprigs of the plant are attached to the base of the grass wands 



carried by the pa'mosona (male scalp custodian) and his deputy, 



1 See 23d Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Elhn., p. 180. 



2 The Little Fire and Cimex arc the only fraternities having an order of Pa'yatamu; the Cimex is entitled 

 to this order because originally the two fraternities were one, under the name of Little Fire fraternity. 

 Sea SSd Ann. Rep. Bur. A mer. Elhn.,p 568. 



3 See ISd Ann. Rep. Bur. Amcr. Elhn., p. 1U3. 



