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222. Higuera. 



a. cak'lti; daksti. 



b. Ficus glaucescens (Liebm.) Miq. Monte alto tree. 



c. No utility (MG). Sap used as adhesive to stick paper 

 (MM). 



d. MG, Mercedes Morales. 



e. Same as No. 280. Sap of similar tree, but with nar- 

 rower leaf, used to kill fly larvae about wound after hog 

 is castrated. 



223. See No. 84. 



224. Pita. 



a. aks?kai?. 



b. Probably Aechmea magdalenae (Andre) Andr6 ex 

 Bak. Determined by Lyman B. Smith. 



c. Fiber used for casting nets. 



d. Pedro Perez. 



225. See No. 145. 



226. See No. 103. 



227. Perritos. 



a. m&#6k; mA^ok. 



b. Probably Maranta arundinacea L. Cultivated on 

 fringes of maize field. Said not to flower. 



c. Underground stem edible (p. 156). 



d. AM, MG. 



228. Chaca. 



a. tasun?; ta'sun? 



b. Two specimens collected; one not determined; the 

 other, Bnrsera simaruba (L.) Sarg. Monte alta tree. 



c. Cuttings planted as living fence. Wood inferior as 

 fuel : "He who burns oh aca becomes poorer than ever." 

 Sap used as adhesive to stick paper (MM). Bark boiled 

 with salt ; liquid taken as purge and to reduce fever ( FVM, 

 LP). Headache remedy: leaf placed on each temple 

 (MG) ; or any green leaf stuck to temples with sap 

 freshly extracted from trunk of chaca (RG). 



d. Mercedes Morales, Francisco Villanueva Mata, Luis 

 Patifio, MG, Rosalino Gonzalez. 



229. Ala de murcielago. 

 a. Not recorded. 



6. Genus and species not determined ; family possibly 

 Cucurbitaceae. 



c. Remedies for gonorrhea: leaves cooled in night air 

 and placed in water ; liquid drunk. Entire fruit mashed in 

 water and liquid drunk. 



d. MG. 



230. Flor de pito; flor de izote. 



a. akalfikut?. 



b. Yucca aloifolia L. Found in monte alto (sic) and 

 house clearings; apparently not cultivated (V). 



c. Flower edible (p. 1G2). 



d. MG. 



231. Unknown to informant. 



a. isak'pasas-paka?. 



b. Genus and species not determined; Curcurbitaceae 

 family. Monte vine. 



c. Used as bath and to wash pustules, loams like soap 

 (MG). Formerly used to wash clotlies (FG). 



d. MG, Felipa Garcia. 



232. See No. 164. 



233. Frijol criollo; frijol de Castilla. 



a. ka-nastapu; kanastapu. 



b. Phaseolus sp. Seed identified by Hugh Cutler as 

 P. vulgaris L. Cultivated. 



c. Edible ; salable in Tajin and in Papantla ; "more ex- 

 pensive than other beans." 



d. Paulino Xochigua. 



e. See p. 134 for details. 



234. Unknown to informant. 



a. ta§kat (miel). 



b. Perymenium gymnolomoides (Less.) DC. Wild vine. 



c. Flowers popular with native and introduced bees. 



d. AM. 



235. See No. 211. 



236. Bejuco del sol. 



a. jaka-Sanat'. 



b. Senecio confusus Britten. Vine. 



c. No utility. 



d. AM, MG. 



237. Unknown to informant. 



a. Skalpuputla • panit (espuma de tigre) 



b. Odontonema callistachyum (Schlecht. & Cham.) 

 Kuntze. Wild. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



238. Frijol majaydn. 



a. lukfistapu. 



b. Phaseolus sp. Seed identified by Hugh Cutler as 

 P. vulgaris L. Cultivated ; allegedly introduced from 

 highlands; date unknown (TG) ; some Totonac regard 

 it as native. 



c. Edible. 



d. Tirso Gonzalez, AM, Natividad Mendez. 



e. See p. 135 for details. 



239. Kangregado. 



a. pxksnun kiwi'. 



b. Croton draco Schlecht. 



c. Wounds washed first with water in which leaf of 

 guava or of cacahuapaxtle (No. 87) has been boiled, then 

 milky sap of sangregado applied. Remedy for itch : sap 

 applied to affected area. Remedy for pustules on feet 

 (see No. 191) (MG). Sap serves as red stain for wood, 

 not as textile dye (PP). 



d. MG, Pedro Perez. 



240. Yuca blanca. 



a. koskewi. 



b. Manihot csculenta. Determined by H. C. Cutler. 

 Grown from cuttings in maize fields and patios. Infor- 

 mant distinguishes two types: one narrow-leafed witli 

 white root (yuca blanca) ; another wide-leafed with yel- 

 low root (aiiiarilla) ; the former more tasty. 



c. Year-old roots of both types eaten ( p. 156 > . 

 (1. MG. 



241. Tabaquillo. 

 a. askutkiwi. 



h. Lippia myriocephala Schlecht. & Cham. Volunteer 

 shriib in abandoned maize fields. 



