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140. Unknown to informant. 



a. Unknown to informant. 



b. Epidendrum condylochilum Lehm. & Kriinz. Deter- 

 mined by C. Schweinfurth. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



141. Bazo de caballo. 



a. isruakpasakawaiu (tochdn [old, cold tortilla] de ca- 

 ballo) ; makpasa-kawayo. 



b. Capparis baducca L. Monte shrub. 



c. No utility (MG). Remedy: root grated, mixed with 

 alcohol, and paste applied to body over spleen ; burns and 

 cannot be endured long (BX). 



d. MG, Bernabe" Xochigua. 



e. Same as No. 343. 



142. Unknown to informant. 



a. Unknown to informant. 



b. Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC. Determined by C. 

 Schweinfurth. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



*43. Unknown to informant. 



a. maksesetkiwi (cascabel, "because the seeds rattle"). 



b. Not determinable. Shrub found in montc, aban- 

 doned maize fields ; "grows anywhere." 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



144. See No. 109. 



145. Gordolobo. 



a. kon0e^£laks: ko-n^i0ila^-. 



b. Bocconia frntescens L. 



c. Remedy for ringworm of scalp {Una) : leaves soaked 

 in alcohol and affected parts bathed. Remedy for tuber- 

 culosis : leaves boiled ; liquid drunk and used as bath. 



d. MG. 



c Same as No. 225. 



146. Cresta del gallo. 



a. isakciellikit' puyu? (cresta del gallo). 



b. Dorstenia contrajerva L. 



c. Toothache remedy: root grated, and liquid placed 

 with cotton on ailing tooth. Small girls make a "neck- 

 lace" by splitting stem ; tied at back of neck, with fleshy 

 leaf hanging pendantlike in front. 



<1. MG. 



147. C a mote bianco. 



a. (tokosnicat (rod ilia de la vieja). 



b. Four specimens: one, Dioscorca floribunda Mart. & 

 Gal.; one, probably D. convolvulacea Cham. & Schlecht. : 

 two. Dioscorca. sp. Determined by C. V. Morton. 



c Fish poison, presumably prepared as is No. 100. 

 </. MG. 



148. Calabaza. 



a. akpasas. 



b. Ciicurbita sp. Determined by L. H. Bailey. AX'ild. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 253. 



149. See No. 79. 



150. Yerba dtilce. 



a. saksitiian. 



b. Lippia dulcis Trev. 



c. Cough remedy : leaves boiled with leaf of avocado ; 

 half cup drunk. Same tea, without avocado and with 

 addition of wild honey, remedy for stomach ache (MM), 

 and for menstrual cramps (EX). 



d. Mercedes Morales, Elena A. de Xochigua. 



151. Flor de mayo. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Plumcria rubra L. Cultivated, from cuttings, in 

 house clearing. 



c. When in bloom, used in magical cures ; at other 

 times, marigold (flor de mucrto, No. 261) substituted 

 (ML). Body "cleansed"' (ML) with necklace made by 

 stringing blossoms so that stem engages with center of 

 previous flower ; sometimes different sections formed by 

 blossoms of distinct color. Similar strands used as altar 

 decoration (MG). 



d. ML, MG. 



152. Eoano. 



a. ak'ti. 



b. Probably Bumelia persimilis Hemsl. Montc alto 

 tree. 



c. A source of chicle ; latex collected in same way as 

 from zapote chieo (No. 101). Mixed with that from 

 latter and sold in Papantla. 



d. MG. 



e. See also No. 349, which informants consider 

 distinct. 



153. Chanacol. 



a. siwis■i , . 



b. Bombax ellipticum H. B. K. Grown in garden, from 

 cuttings ; white or deep rose blossoms. 



c. Flowers for altar ornament. 



d. MG. 



e. When planted in house clearing, (rose?) chanacol 

 believed to have harmful effect on daughters of family, 

 who "will not marry properly but will go off with some 

 man" (Elena A. de Xochigua). 



154. See No. 112. 



155. Lcngua de gato. 



a. stimakat'mfstun (lengua de gato). 



b. Solarium lanceifolium Jacq. Wild along trails. 

 C. No utility. 



d, MG. 



156. Chdpiso (sic), 

 a. capis. 



h. Two specimens: one. Syngoniutn podophyllum 

 Schott ; the other, probably Philodendron sp. Monte vine ; 

 "grows anywhere." 



c. Fruit edible but little used (EG). Aerial root used 

 for baskets (p. 226). coiled filler of hanging frame (p. 226), 

 and formerly to encase demijohns. Root scorched in 

 corn-husk blaze to permit removal of skin; inner root 

 "very white" and pliable. 



