GILMORE] TAXONOMIC LIST OF PLANTS 111 
Pine Ridge said his people call it rattlesnake food and say that 
rattlesnakes take it into their dens for food. 
BoraGINnaCcEAE 
LirHosPERMUM CANESCENS (Michx.) Lehm. 
Bazu-hi (Omaha-Ponca). 
Children used the root of this plant in sport to chew with their 
gum (gum of Stphium laciniatum) to make it of a red color. The 
flowers of this plant were likewise used to color gum yellow. 
VERBENACEAE 
Versena Hasrata L. Wild Verbena. 
Chathaloga pezhuta (Dakota) ; pezhuta, medicine. 
Pezhe maka" (Omaha-Ponea) 3 pezhe, herb; maka”, medicine. 
Among the Teton Dakota the leaves were boiled to make a drink 
as a remedy for stomach ache. Among the Omaha the leaves were 
steeped merely to make a beverage like tea. 
MENTHACEAE 
Mownarpa Fistutosa L. Wild Bergamot, Horsemint. 
Heliaka ta pezhuta (Dakota), “elk medicine” (Kekaka, elk; pez- 
huta, medicine; ta, genitive sign) ; or keliaka ta wote, food of the 
elk (wote, food). 
Pezhe pa (Omaha-Ponca), “ bitter herb” (pa, bitter; pezhe, herb). 
Tsusahtu (Pawnee), ill smelling. 
By the Teton Dakota the flowers and leaves are boiled together to 
make a medicine which is drunk to cure abdominal pains. 
The Winnebago used for pimples and other dermal eruptions on 
the face an application made by boiling the leaves. 
Monarpa FISTULOSA VAR. Washtemna. 
Wakpe washtemna (Dakota), “fragrant leaves” (watipe, leat; 
washte, good; mna, odorous). This form is one of the plants 
connected with the Sun dance, according to J. Owen Dorsey. 
Izna-kithe-iga hi (Omaha-Ponea), referring to its use in com- 
pounding a pomade for the hair. Sometimes called pezhe-pa 
mé"ga in distinction from the other pezhe-pa, in reference to its 
finer essence and more delicate plant body (mi"ga, female; fe- 
male pezhe-pa). 
Tspstu (Pawnee), meaning, if any, not found. 
1Siouan Cults, p. 454. 
