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of sprays with leaves upward tied on cord supporting 

 frame on which food is placed (PP). 



d. MG, ML, Pedro Perez. 



e. Not used as fish poison (cf. Standley, p. 1106). 



47. Copalillo. 



a. pum. 



b. Protium copal (Schlecht. & Cham.) Engl. Large 

 monte alto tree. 



c. Remedy for larvae (moyokuili) deposited in fly 

 bite: leaf applied to bite with resin of copalillo; follow- 

 ing day, leaf removed together with "worm" which ad- 

 heres to resin (EX). 



d. Elena A. de Xochigua. 



e. Specimen said to be copal, not copalillo (MG). See 

 also No. 205, same Spanish name. It may be noted that 

 the Maya term for copal is pom (Ponce 2:414). 



48. Yerba negra. 



a. sunyialipasni?; gunalipati; sanalipan; su-niali- 

 pasni*? (escoba amarga). 



b. Hyptis verticillata Jacq. 



c. Used as bath for persons ill of undiagnosed ail- 

 ments ; boiled leaves rubbed on entire body, then thrown 

 on trail to transfer illness to first passerby. Substitute 

 plant in bath of seven herbs (No. 15), for magical in- 

 firmities, malviento and malojo (MG). Remedy for magi- 

 cal malviento: child's body whipped lightly with fresh 

 spray (ML). 



d. MG, ML. 



49. Bejuco de chile. 



a. pinimaiyak; pin'nimaiyak (pin, chile; maiyak, 

 bejuco). Spanish term may be translation of native 

 name. 



b. Salmea scandens (L.) DC. M onte vine. 



c. Used as fish poison (p. 80). 



d. MG. 



50. See No. 15. 



51. Tomate de guajolote; tomatillo de guajolote. 



a. igipispak; ispispak' ea 'CawilA. 



b. Passiflora foetida L. var. hastata (Bertol. ) Mast. 

 Volunteer in abandoned maize fields. Fruit said to re- 

 semble turkey's wattle, hence name. 



c. Raw fruit eaten "like a pomegranate." 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 116. 



52. Nigua del puerco. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Paullinia tomentosa Jacq. Volunteer in abandoned 

 milpas and along trails ; not a monte plant. 



c. No utility (MG) ; fruit eaten (EX). 



d. MG, Elena A. de Xochigua. 



e. Same Spanish name applied to No. 52a. 



52a. Nigua del puerco. 



a. SaksispaiSni. 



b. Vernonia tortuosa (L.) Blake. Volunteer in aban- 

 doned maize fields and along trails ; not a monte alto plant. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



e. Same Spanish name applied to No. 52. 



53. Unknown to informants. 

 o. puStuku; pu-Staku. 



b. Verbesina lindcnii (Sch.-Bip.) Blake. Determined 

 by S. F. Blake. Grows by roadsides and in maize fields. 



c. Boiled leaves serve as soap ; used in bath of seven 

 herbs (No. 15). Women who turn yellow after child- 

 birth, given a tea prepared by boiling entire plant, and 

 are bathed in liquid (MG). Stem used for toy known 

 as tronador (similar to popgun) (MM). 



d. MG, Mercedes Morales. 



54. Bajatripa. 



a. pinks • uat ; pinksswat. 



b. Rivina humilis L. Small shrub wild along trails. 



c. Used in bath of seven herbs (No. 15) in place of 

 cedro (No. 219) ; also used as bath to treat magical mal- 

 viento, and to cure night sweats following magical con- 

 tact with dead. 



d. MG. 



55. Flor de mechuda. 



a. tu^on, 0u"'0on. 



b. Caesalpinia sp. Large shrub cultivated in garden ; 

 not a monte plant. Two kinds, one with red and one 

 with yellow flowers. 



c. Cough remedy : leaves boiled and liquid drunk. 

 Flowers used to adorn altar. 



d. MG. 



e. See also No. 115, identified as to species. 



56. Ortiga. 

 a. kajnP. 



6. Cnidoscolus multilobus (Pax) I. M. Johnston. 

 Wild. 



c. Cotton soaked in milky sap and placed on tooth to 

 cure toothache (MG). As cure for witchcraft, pieces of 

 obsidian (espada del trueno) are ground to powder and 

 mixed with well-chopped ortiga; mixture placed on af- 

 fected part and renewed from time to time. Removed 

 paste thrown away, since it carries with it part of 

 spell (NM). 



d. MG, Nemesio Martinez. 



57. Anona de mono; anona del monte. 



a. isaksikiwimusni?; isakcitkiwimusni. 



b. Annona globifera Schlecht. Wild in monte alto; and 

 volunteer in abandoned milpas. 



c. Fruit sometimes eaten, "but it is small." 



d. MG. 



e. This the only annona we collected, except for an un- 

 identified species of Ouatteria (No. 321). In addition, 

 Pedro P6rez distinguishes two others: anona blanca and 

 anona colorada; fruit of the latter said to be "red, inside 

 and out." Both, he says, do not occur in the monte, but 

 "where people have lived." He also knows the guand- 

 bana, but considers it quite distinct from the annonas; it, 

 also, is not found in the monte. 



58. Malva; malva de cubierta. 



a. malva (sic) (MG) ; no Totonac name (BX). 



b. Corchorus siliquosus L. Weed along trails and in 

 maize fields (NM, BX). 



