428 ABORIGINAL BOTANY. 
Che’-lis, shepherd’s purse ; the seed highly esteemed for pinole, a very 
nutritious, farimaceous beverage which the Indians learned from the Mexi- 
cans to make. 
Ke’-yet-sah (Crucifere), with reversed siliques. Seed used in making 
panada or mush. 
Ta-kor’-nes (Trifolium), hairy clover; eaten raw. 
Port’-ra (Trifolium), another species; eaten raw. 
Wa-tra’-ko (Escholtzia Californica) ; not eaten here. 
La’-chun (Composite); seed used for pinole; highly esteemed. 
Po-tal’-lu Kai’-u-in (Castilleia), painted cup. This is called by the 
Indians “the coyote’s rectum”, which is the translation of the above name. 
Poh’-ke-iits, alfilleria; not eaten here. 
Kit-nii’-sil (Yerba Santa, Span.); a decoction used for fever and for bad 
blood. 
Trai’/-yu; early, onion-like flower; small bulb used for food. 
Nat’-tin Te’-eh; lupine from the mountains; not used. Indian name 
means “rattlesnake teeth”. 
Lun’-kith’ (Alliwm), wild onion ; eaten green. 
Men-e’-ling-hiit (Phacelia), two kinds. 
Wal’-laikh, a willow-like shrub; used for medicine for rheumatism or 
other pain; beaten up and spread in the couch to be slept on. 
So’-gon (Nicotiana), wild tobacco; dried and beaten up very fine, 
then wet and compressed together into large solid lumps. Also used as a 
medicine for a cut. 
Tan’-naikh (Datura meteloides), jimson weed; the root pounded up is 
“oood for anything” 
as medicine; good for a cut, a gunshot wound, a 
bruise, ete. A decoction of the root acts like opium. Their priests some- 
times drink it for two days in succession in order to get fully under its 
influence and become prophetic. Sometimes they are killed by it, which 
the Indians consider as a proof that their bowels were in bad condition. 
Li’-pits (Yerba mansa, Span.); root pounded up and soaked in water ; 
the water drunk for a bad stomach. 
Kin’-min (Quercus lobata); acorns a great food staple; but rather in- 
ferior to— 
