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c. Wood used for beams and roof frame of native house. 



d. MG. 



242. Unknown to informant. 

 a. Itanke. 



6. Possibly Bomarea edulis (Tuss.) Herb. Wild vine 

 in maize fields. 



c. Raw root eaten to stimulate lactation. 



d. MG. 



243. Zaoate parol (sic). 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Panieum purpurascens Raddi. "Grows anywhere." 

 Runners transplanted ; not propagated successfully from 

 seed. Not considered native, but date of introduction 

 unknown. 



c. Fodder. 



d. MG. 



244. Ala de murcidago. 



a. paca-watuwan (pac"a*w, bazo) ; padawatuan. 



b. Passiflora coriacea Juss. Vine; wild in milpa and 

 abandoned maize fields. 



c. Remedy for disorders of spleen (bazo) : leaves seared 

 on coals ; smooth side rubbed with tallow and placed over 

 spleen. 



d. MG. 



e. Same as No. 334. By another informant, same 

 species given different Spanish name and distinct use; 

 see No. 366. 



245. Zacate guinea. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Panieum maximum Jacq. "Grows anywhere." 

 Sometimes cultivated from seed; "it takes a long time 

 to grow." 



c. Fodder and thatch. 



d. MG. 



246. Unknown to informant. 

 a. stapukfinut. 



8. Probably Serjania sp. Wild vine in milpas. 



c. Edible fruit (?). 



d. MG. 



e. Informant gives virtually same native name for No. 

 207, and apparently has confused the two specimens. It 

 seems more likely that the edible fruit is produced by No. 

 207. 



247. Tomatillo. 



a. c"a*mpululu. 



b. Physalis sp. Wild in maize fields ; scarce. 



o. No utility (MG). Imported, for sale in Papantla 

 market, but unpopular tbere; not used in Tajin. Small 

 wild tomato (No. 24) preferred (MM). 



d. MG, Mercedes Morales. 



e. In many parts of Mexico Physalis and true tomato of 

 equal importance. 



248. Aguacate Oloroso. 



a. kuka-ta. 



b. Persea amerieana Mill. var. drymifolia (Schlecht. & 

 Cham.) Blake. Cultivated from seed. 



c. Fruit edible; leaf a condiment (pp. 157, 160). Rem- 

 edy for magical malviento in children : leaves burned on 



sherd beneath child's cradle so that smoke may envelop 

 him (MG). Remedy for fright caused by magical contact 

 with dead : leaves burned to produce curative smoke (ML) . 

 Remedy for "fright" : handful of earth is heated ; to it are 

 added water, alcohol, holy water, shredded tobacco, one or 

 two cloves of garlic, and several leaves of aguacate Olo- 

 roso. With this mixture, sign of the cross drawn on fore- 

 head, wrists, and inner elbow joints ; applied in evening ; 

 patient bathes on following day (FVM). Sprays used in 

 bath of seven herbs (No. 15). Remedy for cough and 

 common cold: tea made by boiling leaves (MG). 

 d. MG, ML, Francisco Villanueva Mata. 



249. Higuerilla roja. 



a. kagtilenke. 



b. Ricinus communis L. Not cultivated. 



c. Seed a source of oil used in cooking (p. 161). 



d. MG. 



e. Same species as No. 250, but considered distinct by 

 informants. 



250. Higuerilla blanca. 



a. kagtilenke sasakaqa (sasakaqa, olanca). 

 o. Ricinus communis L. Not cultivated. 



c. Febrifuge : leaf seared on coals and placed, together 

 with raw egg or wild tomato (No. 24), as compress on 

 belly, soles of feet, sometimes also on lumbar area. Or 

 fresh leaf dipped in raw egg and applied to belly and soles 

 of feet. Remedy for swelling : leaves seared on coals and 

 applied to affected part. Seed not utilized (cf. No. 249). 



d. MG. 



251. Unknown to informant. 

 a. masus. 



6. Mucuna argyrophylla Standi. Wild vine. 



c. Remedy for eye irritation : liquid from stem applied 

 to eyes. 



d. MG. 



252. Zarza. 



a. sarsa (sic). 



b. Similax aristolochiaefolia Mill. Wild vine; "grows 

 anywhere". 



c. Stem used as coil filler for cradles. Roots used to 

 make fermented beverage (p. 164). Latter left outdoors 

 overnight and taken in quantity as remedy for gonorrhea 

 (RO). 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua. Rutilio Olmos, MG. 



e. Same as one specimen of No, 202. 



253. See No. 148. 



254. Chicharo. 



a. kalabansas (sic). 



b. Pisum sativum L. Cultivated in maize fields. 



c. Not important in diet. 



d. MG. 



255. Calaguata. 

 a. li-kuCu?. 



6. Phlebodium aureum (L.) Smith. Epiphytic fern 

 growing on palma redonda (No. 259). 



c. Remedy for abcesses : lower stem boiled and liquid 

 drunk. 



d. MG. 



