98 USES OF PLANTS BY INDIANS [ETH. ANN. 33 
Amorpha canescens for moxa. Amorpha they found in the sandy’ 
loam soil of valleys and Lespedeza on the hills of the loess plain. 
Latuyrus ornatus Nutt. Wild Sweet Pea. 
Hinbthi-si-tanga (Omaha-Ponea), large-seeded hi"bthi bean 
(si, seed; tanga, large). 
My informants could describe it and tell in what locality it is to be 
found. They remembered it as they formerly saw it in the Sand 
Hills when they went there on the hunt. Children sometimes gath- 
ered the pods, which they roasted and ate in sport. The plant was 
not considered of any importance, although noted and named. 
OXALIDACEAE 
Tonoxatts vioLacea (L.) Small. Sheep Sorrel, Violet Wood Sorrel, 
and Xanruoxatis stricta (L.) Small. Yellow Wood Sorrel. 
Hade-sathe (Omaha-Ponea), “sour herb” (Jade, herb, grass; 
sathe, sour). 
Pawnee: Various names were given. Skidadihorit, a name having 
reference to its taste, which they describe as “sour like salt”; some 
called it katt, salt; another name given was askirawiyu, as, foot; kira, 
water; wiyu, stands. Another name given is kisosit. The Pawnee 
say that the buffalo was very fond of Xanthovalis stricta. Children 
ate both species, especially Jonowalis violacea, leaves, flowers, scapes, 
and bulbs. The bulbs were pounded and fed to horses to make them 
fleet. 
LINACEAE 
Linum tewist Pursh. Wild Flax. 
The seeds of the wild blue flax were gathered and used in cookery 
both because of their highly nutritive value and for the agreeable 
flavor which they added to that with which they were cooked. 
RUTACEAE 
ZANTHOXYLUM AMERICANUM Mill. Prickly Ash. 
Hakasits (Pawnee), thorn. 
Omaha young men used the fruits of this shrub asa perfume. By 
the Pawnee the fruits were used as a remedy for horses in case of 
retention of urine. 
MeELracraE 
Me.ia azeperacu L. China Berry. 
Makazhide sabe (Omaha-Peonea), “ black ‘ red-medicine.’ ” 
Introduced into the Southern States early in the nineteenth cen- 
tury, it has become naturalized, growing freely along the streams of 
