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c. Used as firewood, and for roof withes ; further uti- 

 lized as altar ornament. 



d. MG. 



18. Manzanilla. 



a. islikatapacat. 



6. Malvaviscus arboreus Cav. Wild, along trails and 

 in abandoned maize fields. 



c. Children may eat the fruit. May be used as a sub- 

 stitute for one of the plants ordinarily preferred for the 

 bath of seven herbs, noted above (No. 15) (MG). Leaf 

 ground and added to drinking water for ailing fowl 

 (EG). 



d. MG, Kosalino Gonzalez. 



19. Specimen missing. 



20. Mozote amarillo. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Bidens pilosa L. var. radiata Sch.-Bip. 



c. Remedy for jaundice: leaves boiled with marigold 

 (flor de muerto, No. 261) and liquid drunk. 



d. MG. 



e. Same determination as mozote bianco (No. 325), 

 but different from mozote amarillo (No. 110). Pre- 

 sumably, therefore, this is bianco, not amarillo, as in- 

 dicated above, and incorrectly is credited with attributes 

 of latter. 



21. Capulln. 



a. mantakiwi'; manta-qkiwit; matankiwi 9 . 

 6. Ardisia escallonioides Schlecht. & Cham. Wild; 

 grows to ca. 3 m. 



c. Edible; fruit eaten especially by birds (AM). 

 Used as base of fermented beverage and black dye. 

 Wood serves for roof withes (MG). Preferred support 

 for vanilla vine "since its leaves are cool" (AM). 



d. AM, MG. 



e. See Nos. 41, 85, same Spanish name. 



22. Canceled. 



23. Vainilla pompona. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Vanilla pompona Schiede. Determined by C. 

 Schweinfurth. Wild vine. 



c. Sometimes used to pollinate cultivated vanilla. 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua. 



24. Tomate. 

 a. pa-klca. 



6. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Volunteer in milpas. 



c. Fruit important in diet ; salable. Febrifuge : raw 

 tomato placed on castor leaf, latter then applied to 

 abdomen. 



d. MG. 



e. Fruit red ; yellow variety unknown. 



25. Jonote bianco. 



a. lawakaSunuk. 



b. Heliocarpus americanus L. Large shrub found wild 

 along arroyo banks and in humid ground. 



c. Bark soaked in water 8 days to loosen inner fiber; 

 latter used as cordage (tumpline; filler for cradles, carry- 



ing frames ; also to tie corn-husk wrapping on cakes of 

 brown sugar). 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 107. 



26. Cojon de gato. 



a. wa • stakat. 



b. Tabernaemontana citrifolia L. Monte shrub. 



c. Used to support vanilla vine. Remedy for swellings 

 and chilblains (subanon) : leaf smeared with lard, seared 

 on hot coals, then applied to affected part. Remedy for 

 pustules (MG). 



d. Rosalino Gonzalez, MG. 



e. Not to be confused with other plants of same Spanish 

 name (Nos. 138, 173). 



27. Santa Maria; flor de angel. 



a. isa§ku0ikulan (tabaco del santo) . 



b. Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass. Volunteer in abandoned 

 milpas. 



c. Remedy for stomach ache ; roasted leaves rubbed on 

 abdomen. 



d. MG. 



28. Palo de volador. 



a. sakat'kiwi. 



b. Zuelania roussoviae Pittier. Large monte alto tree. 



c. Wood used for roof cintax (fig. 23, d, i) ; split poles 

 for house walls ; trunk as pole for Volador dance. 



d. MG. 



29. Quelite; quitacalzdn. 



a. ju • ks?ka; jukska?; jukska. 



b. Phiitolacca icosandra L. Volunteer in maize fields. 



c. Edible (p. 161) ; as condiment (p. 157). Used as 

 green dye; not fast color (AM). 



d. Rosalino Gonzalez, Otilia Villegas, MG, AM. 



30. Pimienta. 



a. ukun; u'ukfln. 



b. Pimenta officinalis Lindl. Monte tree. 



c. Pole used as digging stick (MG). Tea made of 

 dried leaves (EX) ; green leaves boiled to make "coffee." 

 Seasoning for chicken or turkey (p. 158). Used as body 

 whip in sweat bath. On Palm Sunday, men carry a spray 

 (MG). 



(1. MG, Elena A. de Xochigua. 



31. Barbas de camardn. 



a. snukuf. 



b. Cuscuta corymbosa R. & P. var. stylosa (Choisy) 

 Engelm. Determined by T. G. Yuncker. Wild ; parasite. 



c. Remedy for jaundiced color ; plant boiled ; liquid 

 drunk and used as bath. 



d. Severa Xochigua, MG. 



32. Ajengibre. 



a. pinlkucu' (pin, chile; kuc"u, aguardiente). 



b. Zingiber officinale Roscoe. Cultivated in house 

 clearings. 



c. Tuberous rhizomes the base for an alcoholic "punch" 

 (p. 164) . Plant used as body whip in sweat bath. Leaves 

 boiled, liquid used as bath. Tea made of boiled rhizome 

 is remedy for bonibo (unidentified complaint character- 

 ized by body swelling and yellowness of skin) ; for unspeci- 



