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liquid in which capulin (presumably No. 41) and cacahua- 

 paxtle have been boiled ; then rubbed with a mixture of 

 sulfur and lime juice (ML). Plant serves as support 

 for vanilla vine (MG). 

 d. MG, ML. 



88. Anis; hinojo. 



a. anis (sic). 



b. Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Cultivated in maize fields. 



c. Seasoning (pp. 153-155, 160). 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 296. 



89. See No. 8. 



90. Zapote cabello. 



a. akCislt jaka ; aktigit jaka. 



B. Licania platypus (Hemsl.) Fritsch. Tall slender 

 tree; monte alto; sometimes planted. 



c. Fruit eaten ; occasionally sold at time of All Souls' 

 Day (LX). Seeds formerly eaten: split, boiled, dried 

 in sun, and ground. Wood rots rapidly ; sometimes used 

 for fences (AM). 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua, AM. 



e. Same as No. 137. 



91. Chipila. 



a. Cipilan (sic). 



o. Crotalaria longirostrata Hook. & Arn. Cultivated 

 from seed. 



c. Edible (pp. 162, 169). 



d. AM. 



e. See No. 359, same Spanish name. 



92. Not known to informant. 

 a. Xpopoko. 



o. Specimen missing. Monte plant, found also in maize 

 fields ; grows to ca. 2 m. 



c. Remedy for pustules : leaves foam 'like soap" when 

 rubbed on eruption. 



d. AM. 



93. Lechuguilla (BX) ; not known to informant AM. 

 o. ligonca'an. 



o. Sonchus oleraceus L. (AM). Troublesome weed in 

 maize fields (BX). 



c. Edible (p. 161) (AM). No utility (BX). 



d. Bernabe' Xochigua, AM. 



e. Same as No. 356. 



94. Cuchara. 



a. No Totonac name. 



6. Specimen missing. Cultivated gourd. 



c. Dried fruits used as receptacles (pp. 137, 212). 



d. AM. 



95. Unknown to informant. 



a. kiwiStapu (kiwi, palo; stapu, frijol; frijol de drool). 



b. Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Cultivated in gardens. 



c. Edible (pp. 157,168). 



d. AM. 



e. Apparently not of recent introduction. 



96. See No. 1. 



97. Tepejilote. 

 a. litnnpa'. 



b. Chamaedorea oblongata Mart. Determined by L. H. 

 Bailey. Monte plant. 



c. Foliage used to decorate altar ; roots made into choc- 

 olate beater (fig. 29, b) ; sprays as body whip in sweat 

 bath. 



d. MG. 



98. Ojite. 



a. ju-sapu?; ju-ksapu. 



6. Brosimum alicastrum Sw. Large tree found only in 

 monte alto. 



c. Edible fruit (p. 163) ; leaves as fodder. 



d. MG, Elena A. de Xochigua. 



e. It is said that in time of famine, the Totonac once 

 subsisted on ojite (MG). 



99. Palo de leche. 



a. tasamanit kiwi. 



6. Sebastiana sp. (?). Monte alto tree; grows 6 to 

 8 m. tall. 



c. Fish poison (p. 80). 



d. MG. 



100. Jonote Colorado. 



a. tfu0okosunuk? (tfu05q, Colorado). 



b. Hampea integerrima Schlecht. 



c. Inner bark used green as cordage, to tie bundles of 

 brown sugar and to tie palm altar ornaments ; used also 

 in making cradles, tumplines. 



d. MG. 



101. Frijol largo. 



a. See p. 135 for discussion of names. 



b. Specimen missing. Cultivated. 



c. Edible. 



d. MG, Lorenzo Xochigua. 



102. Mostaza. 



a. mostasa (sic). 



ft. Brassica nigra (L.) Koch. Cultivated in house 

 clearing and maize field ; considered native. 



o. Seeds a remedy for unspecified illness (MG). Seeds 

 burned and smoke blown on victims of magical mal- 

 viento (NM). For same ailment, one bathes in water in 

 which plant has been rubbed (LX). Cough remedy for 

 children : oil of mostaza seed heated and rubbed on chest, 

 which then is covered with flannel cloth (LX). 



d. MG, Nemesio Martinez, Lorenzo Xochigua. 



103. Maiz; maizena; escoba. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Two specimens: one, Sorghum vulgare Pers. ; 

 another, Sorglntm vulgare Pers. var. tcchnicum (Koern.) 

 Fiori & Paoletti. Cultivated ; seeds tossed into maize 

 fields (MG). Wild (SP). 



c. Seeds removed and remaining plant serves as broom 

 (MG). 



d. MG, Silvestre Patino. 



e. Same as No. 226. 



104. Quelite Colorado. 



a. sawa saXsoqo ; sawa'; 0a 'wa. 



b. Four specimens; 2, Amaranthus hiibridus L. : 2, A. 

 dubius Mart. Volunteer in maize fields; occasionally 

 cultivated. Red flower and stem said to distinguish this 



