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c. Edible. 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua, MG. 



313. Cacahuate. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Arachis hypogaea L. Cultivated in one garden. 



c. Effectively unknown in Tajin. 



d. Juan Castro, Flora Garcia. 



314. Unknown to informants. 



a. limaStakan (palo para pintura). 



b. Not determinable. 



c. Used by girls to encourage growth of hair: leaves 

 macerated in water and liquid used as shampoo rinse 

 (LX). Used as magical "cure" for Negrito and Huahua 

 dancers (DS, MB). Leaves used as blue dye for clothing 

 and pottery vessels (EB, ML). 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua, Donato Santes, MG, Esteban 

 Bautista, ML. 



e. Taxonomist believes this the same as No. 212. 



315. Chataya. 



a. Cata. 



b. Not determinable. Wild shrub; "grows anywhere." 

 Produces small black, globular fruit. 



c. Raw fruit edible. 



d. MG. 



e. Informant distinguishes between this and another 

 plant of same name which produces similar fruit. 



316. Epazote del zorrillo. 

 a. kaSni a.sa. 



6. Petiveria alliacea L. Wild. 



c. Remedy for children suffering from "fright" or magi- 

 cal contact with dead, evidenced by sleepiness and night 

 sweats. Leaves placed on coals and child held in smoke ; 

 then alcohol sprayed from mouth on green leaves ; latter 

 macerated well and rubbed over entire body. Cure may 

 be undertaken by anyone, not necessarily a shaman (MG, 

 LX). Remedy for flatulence: tea made of plant (ML). 



d. MG, Lorenzo Xochigua, ML. 



317. Ruda. 



a. ruda (sic). 



b. Ruta graveolens L. Cultivated in house clearings, 

 o. General tonic: "punch" with rue flavor (p. 164). 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua. 



318. Albahaca. 



a; Not recorded. 



b. Ocimum sp. Cultivated in house clearings. 



c. Sprays used as body whip in sweat bath. Sprays 

 boiled and liquid used as ordinary bath ; also as bath 

 following childbirth (LX) ; and in bath of seven herbs 

 (No. 15). Remedies for magical malviento: water boiled 

 with albahaca; liquid used as bath (LX, MG). Face 

 brushed with sprays and latter thrown away (BR). 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua, MG, Benita Ramos. 



e. See also No. 319. 



319. Albahaca. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Ocimum micranthum Willd. Presumably cultivated. 



c. Used as substitute for No. 318. Leaves burned be- 

 neath cradle of child affected with malviento (MG). 



d. Lorenzo Xochigua, MG. 



e. First informant calls this albahaca sencilla, "not the 

 same" as No. 318. 



320. Zarzilla. 



a. paSmaltuku. 



6. Smilax spinosa Mill. 



c. Presumably no utility. 



d. Manuel de la Luz. 



321. Unknown to informant. 



a. pusuina kiwi'; pusumatkiwi. 



6. Guatteria sp. Small tree or shrub in monte alto; 

 formerly more plentiful than at present. 



c. Used for roof withes ; now being replaced by more 

 abundant capulin (Nos. 21, 85). 



d. MG. 



322. Unknown to informant. 



a. kateks kiwi'. 



b. Prunus samydoides Schlecht. Monte alto shrub. 



c. Used as roof poles. 



d. MG. 



323. Huele de noche, negro. 



a. san'tipiiskat. 



b. Solanum nudum H. B. K. 



c. Used in bath of seven herbs (No. 15) [presumably in- 

 terchangeable with No. 80]. 



d. MG. 



324. Moral; mora. 



a. gi«ti': mini 



b. Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaud. Monte alto tree. 



c. Wood used as house posts and for uprights (not cogs) 

 of wooden sugar mill (MG). Limited use as yellow dye 

 (PP,MM). 



d. MG, Pedro Perez, Mercedes Morales. 



325. Mozote bianco. 



a. stuyu'. 



b. Bidens pilosa L. var. radiata Sch.-Bip. Harmful 

 weed in maize fields. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



e. See No. 20. 



326. Ouayabo. 



a. a'siwit. 



b. Psidium guajava L. Monte fruit tree; occasionally 

 cultivated in maize fields and house clearings; by some, 

 considered exclusively a volunteer. 



c. Fruit edible (MG). Remedy for mild stomach ache: 

 tea described under No. 41. This tea "weaker" than that 

 of pat a de vara (No. 69) (AM). 



d. MG, AM. 



327. Capulin de sabana. 



a. aktalauwat. 



b. Parathesis scrrulata (Sw.) Mey. Wild along ar- 

 royos. 



c. Fruit edible. 



d. MG. 



328. Rosedal. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Laicsonia inermis L. Cultivated in house clearing. 



