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from quelite Uanco (No. 105) which has green blossom 

 and stalk. 



c. Edible (p. 161). 



d. MG. 



e. See also No. 105. 



105. Quelite bianco. 



a. s&wa saq&qa (sawa, quelite; saqaqa, bianco). 



b. AmarantJws hybridus L. Green stem. 



c. Same use as No. 104. 



d. MG. 



106. Pusulucuate ; pushulucuate cimarrdn. 



a. aq'pasas; isaq'pasas diCi (aq'pasas, de perro). 



b. Cucurbitaceae family ; possibly Apodanthera sp. 

 Determined by L. H. Bailey. Monte alto (?) vine; weed 

 in maize fields. 



c. Seeds eaten "like pomegranate" (MG) ; fruit not 

 eaten (LX). Remedy for pustules and hives (ML) (see 

 No. 72). 



d. MG, Lorenzo Xoehigua, ML. 



107. See No. 25. 



108. Matanza. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Stellaria ovata Willd. Grows wild, along trails and 

 in maize fields. 



c. Remedy for "fright" (espanto) : entire body rubbed 

 [with leaves?] and "sherry wine." 



d. MG. 



109. Camote amarillo. 



a. islilakamanikentamaknf (said to mean veneno de 

 pescado (?) ; tamakni' ? , pescado). 



b. Two specimens : one, Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. ; 

 the other, Dioscorea sp. Monte vine. 



c. Tuber used as fish poison (p. 80). 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 144. 



110. Mozote amarillo. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Two specimens : one, Sclerocarpus uniserialis B. & 

 H. ; the other, S. schiedeanus B. & H. Wild. Cf . No. 20. 



c. Remedy for jaundice : one bathes with water in which 

 plant has been boiled. 



d. MG. 



111. See No. 9. 



112. Chilillo. 



a. Cilio (sic). 



b. Rourea glabra H. B. K. Monte alto vine. 



c. Used as foundation hoop for cradle, carrying frame, 

 and hanging frame on which food stored. Also as quirt, 

 roof withes. 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 154. 



113. Moradilla; siempreviva. 



a. ta-npig\vakakat'. 



b. Zebrina pendula Schnizl. Monte plant. 



c. Remedy for diarrhea : leaves rubbed ; dropped in 

 boiling water; sugar added; liquid drunk (MM). 



d. MG, Mercedes Morales. 



114. Culo de puerco. 



a. tapasfkiwi. 



b. Croton reflexifolius H. B. K. Shrub; volunteer in 

 abandoned maize fields and along trails. 



c. Remedy for pimples around mouth : tender leaves 

 cut and bitter sap from leaf-stem junction applied (AM, 

 MG). Treatment for wounds: washed with hot water 

 in which leaves have been boiled (MG). 



d. AM, MG. 



115. Mechuda. 



a. Not recorded (see No. 55). 



b. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. Cultivated in 

 gardens. 



c. Decorative flower. Remedy for common cold and 

 whooping cough : flowers boiled and hot liquid drunk. 



d. Elena A. de Xoehigua, MG. 



e. See also No. 55. 



116. See No. 51. 



117. Jazmin. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Bourreria huanita (La Llav. & Lex.) Hemsl. Cul- 

 tivated in gardens; grown from root. 



c. Decorative flower. 



d. Pedro Perez. 



118. See No. 9. 



119. Culantro de zopilote. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



Wild. 



120. Mirasol. 



a. puCicinisanat (cicini, sol; sanat, flor). Cf. No. 344. 



b. Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. Cul- 

 tivated in gardens, from cuttings. 



c. Decorative flower. 



d. Donato Santes. 



121. Pichoco cimarrdn. 



a. pomacita (cubierta de machete). 



b. Erythrina herbacea L. Wild tree. Very like edible 

 pichoco (No. 284) but with flower lighter-colored. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



122. Unknown to informant. 



a. akasman. 



b. Manfrcda sp. Volunteer along trails; not a monte 

 plant ; grows to ca. 1.5 m. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



123. Muite; cocomuite; cocuitle; muiti; muites. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Oliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. Cultivated shrub 

 or small tree; introduced about 15 years ago. 



c. Cuttings planted as living fence (MG). Flower re- 

 putedly edible but not eaten locally (EX). Leaves used 

 as febrifuge (LP). 



d. MG, Elena A. de Xoehigua, Luis Patiuo. 



e. Each informant gives different Spanish names. 



