GILMoRE] TAXONOMIC LIST OF PLANTS 107 
APIACEAE 
WASHINGTONIA LONGISTYLIS (Torr.) Britton. Sweet Cicely. 
Cha"-pezhuta (Dakota) ; cha", wood; pezhuta, medicine. 
Shaga-maka" (Omaha-Ponca), horse-medicine. 
Kahtstaraha (Pawnee), “buffalo medicine” (kahtsu, medicine; 
taraha, buffalo). 
The Omaha and Ponca say that horses were so fond of the roots 
of Washingtonia that if one whistled to them, while holding out the 
bag of roots, the horses came trotting up to get a taste, and so could 
easily be caught. An Omaha said that the roots were pounded up 
to make poultices to apply to boils. A Winnebago medicine-man 
reported the same treatment for wounds. A Pawnee said that a 
decoction of the roots was taken for weakness and general debility. 
Heracteum LaNnatum Michx. Cow Parsnip, Beaver Root. (PI. 21.) 
Zhaba-maka" (Omaha-Ponea), “ beaver medicine” (zhaba, beaver; 
maka", medicine). 
A Winnebago medicine-man said the tops of this plant were used 
in the smoke treatment for fainting and convulsions. According to 
a Pawnee, the root, scraped or pounded fine and boiled, was applied 
as a poultice for boils. It was learned from an old Omaha woman 
that the root was boiled and the decoction taken for intestinal pains 
and as a physic. An old Omaha medicine-man said the dried roots 
were pounded fine and mixed with beaver dung, and that the mixture 
was placed in the hole in which the sacred pole was planted. 
Cocswetira pAuctroLiaA (Nutt.) M. E. Jones. Love Seed. 
Pezhe bthaska (Omaha-Ponca), “ flat herb” (pezhe, herb; hilabea, 
flat). 
Seeds of this aromatic plant with seeds and various parts of 
other plants were used as a love charm by men of all tribes in the 
Plains region. A Pawnee stated that to carry seeds of Cogswellia 
rendered the possessor attractive to all persons, so he would have 
many friends, all people would serve him well, and if used in con- 
nection with certain other plants would make him winning to women, 
so he might win any woman he might desire. 
CorNACEAE 
Cornus AMomum Mill. Red Dogwood, Kinnikinnick. (PI. 22.) 
Chat-shasha (Dakota), “red wood” (cha", wood; shasha, a re- 
duplication of sha, red). So called from the winter coloration 
of its bark. 
