GILMonE] TAXONOMIC LIST OF PLANTS 133 
The Teton Dakota say that this plant is always found in prairie- 
dog towns, and that these animals eat it. A decoction of Boebera 
together with oe is used as a medicine for coughs in 
horses. 
According to the Omaha it will cause nosebleed and they use it 
for that purpose to relieve headache. The leaves and tops, pulver- 
ized, were snuffed up the nostrils. 
GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE (Pursh) Britton & Rusby. Broom-weed. 
A decoction of the herb was given to horses as a remedy for too 
lax a condition of the bowels. They were induced to drink the bit- 
ter preparation by preventing them access to any other drink. 
GRINDELIA sQuARROSA (Pursh) Dunal. Sticky Head. 
Pte-ichi-yukia (Dakota), curly buffalo (pte, buffalo; ichi, together ; 
yuka, curly, frizzly). 
Pezhe-wasek (Omaha-Ponca), strong herb (wasek, ee 
Bakskitits (Pawnee), stick-head (bak, head; shitits, sticky). 
Among the Teton Dakota a decoction of the plant was given to 
children as a remedy for colic. A Ponea said this was given also for 
consumption. The tops and leaves were boiled, according to a 
Pawnee informant, to make a wash for saddle galls and sores on 
horses’ backs. 
Soriaco sp. Goldenrod. 
Zha-sage-zi (Omaha-Ponca), hard yellow-weed (zha, weed; sage, 
hard; 27, yellow). 
Goldenrod served the Omaha as a mark or sign in their floral 
calendar. They said that its time of blooming was synchronous with 
the ripening of the corn; so when they were on the summer buffalo . 
hunt on the Platte River or the Republican River, far from their 
homes and fields, the sight of the goldenrod as it began to bloom 
caused them to say, “ Now our corn is beginning to ripen at home.” 
Asver sp. Prairie Aster. 
An unidentified prairie aster was declared by a Pawnee to be the 
best material for moxa. The stems were reduced to charcoal which, 
in pieces a few millimeters in length, was set on the skin over the 
affected part and fired. 
Lacrniarra scartosa (L.) Hill. Blazing Star. (PI. 30 A.) 
Ao"tashe (Omaha-Poncea) ; also called maka"-sagi, hard medicine. 
Kahtsu-dawidu or kahtsu-rawidu (Pawnee), round medicine 
(kahtsu, medicine; rawidu or dawidu, round). 
A Pawnee said the leaves and corm were boiled together and the 
decoction was given to children for diarrhea. An Omaha made the 
statement that the corm after being chewed was blown into the 
