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The root is chewed and rubbed over the rabbit stick to insure 

 success in the hunt. "A rabbit-stick thus treated is sure to kill every 

 rabbit at which it is aimed, provided the thrower has a good heart." 



Peritoma serrulatum (Pursh) DC. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant. 



Cappaeidace^. Caper family. 

 A'pilalu, 'hand many seeds' {a<a'si, hand; pi'lalu, many 

 seeds). Named from the handlike appearance of the leaf 

 and the quantity of seeds. 

 After boihng the entire plant in water for a long time, it is removed 

 and the tea allowed to evaporate. The paste precipitated is used in 

 conjunction with a black mineral paint to color sticks of plume offer- 

 ings to the anthropic gods. The mineral is supposed to have been 

 brought from the underworld when the Zuiii ascended to this world. 



Pinus edulis Engelm. Pinon. Pinace^. Pine family. 

 He'sho tsi'tonne, 'gum branch' (he'sho, gum; tsi'fonne, branch). 

 This tree takes its name from the quantity of gum that 

 exudes from it. 

 The young buds or shoots are eaten by members of the Sword 

 Swallowers order of the Great Fire fraternity, at the close of a cere- 

 mony, if they desire female children.' 



Pinus hrachyptera Engelm. Yellow Pine. Pinace^. Pine 



family. 

 A'shelcia, 'long-needle pine.' 

 The young buds or shoots are eaten by members of the order of 

 Sword Swallowers of the Great Fire fraternity, at the close of their 

 ceremony, if they desire male children.* 



Polanism tracliysperma Torr. & Gray. Clammy Weed. Cap- 



paridacejE. Caper family. 

 A'pilalu, 'hand many seeds' (aKa'si, hand; pi'lalu, many seeds). 

 On the return of the Cactus fraternity from the last dance at sunset, 

 m the plaza, to then- fraternity chamber, they are whip])etl with 

 switches of ^Tco'shi (Opuntia whipplei Engehn.) and pi'la, willows 

 (Salix irrorafa Anders.), after which Polanisia root and blossoms are 

 chewed and ejected over the bodies of those subjected to the whipping. 



Populus angustifolia James.^ Narrow-leaf Cottonwood. Sali- 



CACE^. Willow family. 

 Pi'la o'tsi, ' Cottonwood man' (pi'la, cottonwood; o'fsi, man, 



referring to the male tree). 



» See SSd Ann. Rep. Bur. Amer. Etkn., p. 517. 



2 Populus u-islizeni (S. Wats.) Sargent is designated by the Zuni as pi'la o'kia, "cottouwood woman," 

 meaning the female tree. 



