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c. Febrifuge: leaves or entire plant well boiled; liquid 

 strained and used as enema particularly for infants. 

 Febrifuge : boiled leaves ground and prepared as poultice ; 

 mixed with salt and alcohol and applied to abdomen 

 (MG). 



d. MG, Bernabe' Xochigua, Nemesio Martinez. 



e. Same as Nos. 77, 354. 



59. Barba de guajolote. 



a. iSkalcisit Cawila ; iskalCfsit' tawila? ; iSkatisitcawila '. 



6. Three specimens ; 2, Lobelia berlandieri A. DC. ; 1, 

 Lobelia cliffortiana L. Wild along arroyo and in humid 

 ground. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 170. 



60. Berenjena. 



a. listokosat (bastdn de vieja) ; iSlis'tokwoc'ate. 



b. Solatium laurifolium Mill. Wild. Troublesome 

 weed in maize field. 



c. Tender leaves boiled, drained, and rubbed with salt 

 over shoulders and legs of day-old infants to prevent 

 alforra (ailment diagnosed by constant crying; thought 

 to result from parents' having eaten chili) (EX, MG). 

 Dubiously, as bath for newborn infants to ward off lunacy 

 (LP) . Leaves well-washed with soap and rubbed on body 

 of newborn infant to clean him. Shoots of plant boiled 

 in clean pot and given orally to infant as internal cleans- 

 ing (ML). 



d. Elena A. de Xochigua, MG, Luis Patifio, ML. 



61. Estribillo. 



a. islissputniStilan. 



b. Trichilia havanensis Jacq. Wild tree. 



c. As bath to cure magical malviento; as body whip 

 in sweat bath (AM). Bath in water in which leaves 

 have been boiled is remedy for chills and fever, such as 

 malaria, not for malviento (MG). Grated bark mixed 

 with water and swallowed as cure for drunkenness (mm.). 



d. AM, MG, Mercedes Morales. 



62. Espino bianco. 



a. akaloqo6ok ? . 



b. Adelia barbinervis Schlecht. & Cham. Monte tree. 

 o. Useful as firewood (MG). Poultry eats seeds (AM). 

 d. AM, MG. 



63. Bejuco. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Ipomaea sp. Wild vine, yellow flower. 



c. Sometimes eaten by swine. 



d. AM. 



64. Name unknown. 



a. snatpu. 



b. Not determinable. Wild monte tree (MG) ; wet seed 

 covering exudes "soap" (AM). 



c. No utility. 



d. MG, AM. 



65. Ubero. 



a. napa-jkiwi'. 



b. Goccoloba schiedeana Lindau. Monte alto tree. 



c. Bark used as mouthwash to cure oral irritation 

 (AM). 



d. MG, AM. 



66. Piojo de caballo. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Triumfetta semitriloba Jacq. Volunteer in aban- 

 doned maize fields and along trails. 



c. No utility. 



d. AM, MG. 



67. Laurel. 



a. keska. 



b. Not determinable. Wild tree; "grows anywhere." 

 Two kinds recognized by informants : bianco and amarillo 

 (AM). 



c. Leaves used in bath to treat fever (AM). Not 

 medicinal (MG). Flower utilized as altar decoration 

 (MG). 



d. AM, MG. 



e. Although MG believes this to be laurel bianco, it 

 may be amarillo; see No. 130. 



68. Unknown to informants. 



a. Sipalfnak. 



b. Not determinable. Wild shrub. 



c. Birds eat ripe fruit (AM) ; not medicinal but used 

 as body whip in sweat bath (MG). 



d. AM, MG. 



69. Pata de vaca; patevaca (sic); pata de toro (blanca). 



a. gpipila kiwi sasaqaqa (mariposa palo bianco). 



b. Bauhinia divaricata L. Monte shrub. Informants 

 distinguish two kinds: blanca (white) and negra (dark, 

 black). 



c. Blanca used for roof poles and withes; negra (no 

 specimen) considered remedy for diarrhea. 



d. MG. 



70. See No. 42. 



71. Frijol ancho. 



a. siuyiiinin; siii'miu; suyumin; suyumin arribeno. 



b. Six specimens: 5, Phaseolus lunatus L. ; 1, Phaseolus 

 sp. Seed identified by Hugh Cutler as P. lunatus L. 

 Cultivated. 



c. Edible. 



d. MG, Lorenzo Xochigua. 



e. Same as Nos. 279 and 304. 



72. Acoyo bianco, oloroso. 



a. jin&nsnapapa ; ji-nani; jfnan. 



b. Piper sp. Wild along arroyo banks ; grows to 2 m. 

 e. Condiment (pp. 154, 157, 160). Medicinal: after 



childbirth, women bathe with water in which leaves have 

 been boiled ; men never use acoyo in bath. Four times 

 during first month of life, beginning fourth or eighth day, 

 infants likewise bathed. Acoyo Colorado (No. 1S4) said 

 to be preferable for baths, but scarce; accordingly the 

 bianco, always abundant, is substituted. 



d. MG. 



e. Of four specimens collected, one said to be cultivated 

 (Rutilio Olmos). Remedy for pustules and hives: four 

 lukewarm baths with water in which the following have 

 been boiled: leaves of ciruelo (presumably, No. 292 h 



