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174. Palo verde. 



a. Unknown to informant. 

 o. Iresine interrupta Benth. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



e. Not well known to informant. 



175. Cruceta. 



a. kulu • s tukun ; kulu • s 'tukun ; kulu ■ s?tukutun Salaq- 

 lan-qa (kulu-s?, cruz; tukun, espina; Salaqlan-qa, 

 grande). 



b. Randia watsoni Robins. Monte alto shrub or small 

 tree; also volunteer in abandoned maize fields. Scarce. 



c. Remedy for hydrophobia and snake bite: (a) root 

 boiled, liquid mixed with alcohol and drunk; (b) fruit 

 [boiled?] strained and drunk with alcohol; (c) root well 

 boiled and liquid taken with gunpowder (sic). 



d. MG. 



e. Not to be confused with No. 329, same Spanish 

 name. 



176. Chijol. 



a. ska-k'an kiwi ; skakan kiwi. 



6. Piscidia communis (Blake) Harms. Tall tree in 

 monte alto. 



c. Wood preferred for house posts. 



d. MG. 



e. An old reference (Gazeta de Mexico, p. 283) remarks 

 that a post of chijol, set in the ground, turns to flint 

 (pedernal) in the course of several years. 



177. Unknown. 



a. Unknown. 



b. Pereskia grandifolia Haw. Specimen gathered in 

 Plan de Palmar. 



c. Unknown. 



d. Unknown to MG. 



178. Unknown to informant. 

 a. Unknown to informant. 



6. Gentrosema plumieri Benth. Volunteer in aban- 

 doned maize fields and along trails. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



179. Palo de lumbre. 



a. Ikuiatkiwi ; Ikuyat kiwi. 



b. Malpighia glabra L. 



c. Febrifuge: raw leaf macerated in water and liquid 

 drunk. 



d. MG. 



180. Tarro. 



a. mA-tlu'uk. 



b. Chiadua aculeata Rupr. Determined by J. R. Swal- 

 len; verified by F. A. McClure; also called Bambusa 

 aculeata. Monte alto plant, found especially along 

 arroyos. 



c. Stalk used for fences, house walls, and certain fur- 

 nishings (frames, shelves, platforms, table, and bed 

 frames). 



d. MG. 



181. Chalahuite silvestre. 

 a. ka'Am; kalAm">. 



b. Inga leptoloba Schlecht. Wild. 



c. Edible fruit (p. 163). 



d. MG. 



e. See No. 195, regarded by informant as cultivated 

 form. 



182. Verbena ; alfombr ilia oimarrona. 



a. Unknown to informants. 



b. Verbena ehrenbergiana Schauer. Wild. 



c. No utility (JC). Remedy for stomach ache: leaf 

 boiled, salted, and liquid drunk (EX). 



d. Juan Castro, Elena A. de Xochigua. 



e. Plant unknown to MG. Same as No. 310. 



183. See No. 157. 



184. Acoyo Colorado. 



a. 0u#okok jinan (jinan, rojo). 



b. Piper sp. Wild along arroyos or in humid ground. 



c. Leaf as condiment (pp. 154, 157, 184). Used in bath ; 

 leaves boiled and rubbed on body. Four or eight days after 

 childbirth, women bathe in sweat bath, using liquid in 

 which entire plant has been boiled, and rubbing body with 

 handful of leaves. 



d. MG. 



185. Specimen missing. 



186. Jobo. 



a. slpa'. 



b. Spondias mombin L. Large monte alto tree; not 

 cultivated. 



c. Edible fruit. 



d. MG. 



187. Bejuco de parra. 



a. s'ntikuti ; snunkut ; s'nunkut'. 



b. Vitis tiliaefolia H. & B. Monte alto vine. 



c. Fruit occasionally eaten. Thick stem contains fluid 

 which, in emergency, may be drunk to quench thirst. 



d. MG. 



188. Unknown to informant. 



a. akasiikut; akasfiku^. 



b. Podachaenium eminens (Lag.) Sch.-Bip. Deter- 

 mined by S. F. Blake. 



c. Poles serve as uprights of house wall ; also as roof 

 cintas (fig. 23, d, i). Leaf used to wrap chili or squash 

 (pipidn) seed during artificial germination. 



d. MG. 



189. Pat a de vaca, negra. 



a. iSpipila. kiwi? ; spipilakiwi sa0i£6ket?. 

 6. Two specimens: one, Bauhinia dipetala Hem si. ; the 

 other, Bauhinia sp. Wild along arroyos. 



c. Remedy for diarrhea, adults and children : raw leaf 

 macerated in water and liquid drunk, sometimes strained 

 previously. 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 293. 



190. Pi pi n. 



a. ciliksni?. 



b. Celtis monoica Hemsl. Monte alto tree. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



