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c. Flower used as altar decoration ; young girls decorate 

 their hair with a spray. 



d. MG. 



329. Cruceta. 



a. kulu's'tukunsalaqsu? (kulu's', cruz; tiikun, espina; 

 salaqsu', chico). 



b. Randia xalapensis Mart. & Gal. Wild shrub. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



e. Not to be confused with No. 175, same Spanish name. 



330. Huesillo. 



a. kuyti kiwi'. 



b. Probably Wimmeria concolor Schlecht. & Cham. 

 Monte alto tree. 



c. Wood used for digging stick, roof poles, and fuel. 



d. MG. 



331. Gamote del tlacuache. 



a. ismantastan (manta, camote). 



b. Stigmatophyllum humboldtianum (DC.) Jacq. 



c. No utility. 



d. MG. 



332. Limon. 



a. limunAs (sic). 



b. Citrus aurantifolia (Christmann) Swingle. Culti- 

 vated fruit tree. 



c. Fruit edible. 



d. MG. 



333. Friega platos. 



a. patsumakasll. 



b. Callicarpa acuminata H. B. K. Wild. 



c. Leaves used to scour greasy plates. 



d. MG. 



334. See No. 244. 



335. See No. 131. 



336. Carrizo del raton. 



a. iskaticlya. 



b. Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc. Wild. 



c. Hollow "cane" used formerly as pipe stem. 



d. MG. 



337. Guasimilla. 



a. Cekait. 



b. Trema micrantha ( L. ) Blume. 



c. Wood used for house beams and roof poles. 



d. MG. 



338. Escolin. 



a. skolfn. 



b. Not determinable. Monte alto tree. 



c. Wood used for house posts ; slender trunks as beams 

 in native house. 



d. MG. 



339. Gurupillo. 



a. pi-ja. 



b. Couepia dodecandra (DC.) Hemsl. 

 house clearing, occasionally in milpa. 



c. Ripe fruit eaten raw. 



d. MG. 



Cultivated in 



340. Sanatoros. 

 a. ta-sak. 



6. Cissus sicyoides L. Vine ; "grows anywhere." 



c. Medicinal : stem laid on coals to release liquid ; latter 

 applied to pimples to bring them to a head. 



d. MG. 



341. See No. 80. 



342. Palo bianco. 



a. saqaqakiwi (saqaqa, bianco; kiwi, palo). 



b. Probably Acalypha leptopoda Muell. Arg. Shrub. 



c. Wood used as fuel (MG) ; to make baseball bats 

 (AB). 



d. MG, Antonio Bautista. 



e. Informant distinguishes between this shrub and a 

 tree of same Spanish and Totonac names, the wood of 

 which used for ax handles and in house construction ; its 

 fruit eaten by wild pheasants. 



343. See No. 141. 



344. Mirasol. 



a. pucicmisanat (gicini, sol, sanat, flor). 



b. Titlionia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray. Cultivated 

 in house clearings. 



c. Flower used to decorate altar. 



d. MG. 



e. Not to be confused with No. 120, tree with same Span- 

 ish and Totonac names. 



345. Hule. 



a. ^akat. 



b. Castilla elastica Cerv. Wild. 



c. See text (pp. 83-84). 



d. Nemesio Martinez, Jose Maria Garcia. 



346. Name unknown. 



a. Name unknown. 



b. Cassia fruticosa Mill. Wild. 



c. Use unknown. 



d. Specimen collected without aid of informants. 



347. Cachichin (sic). 



a. kaclcin. 



b. Occopetahtm mexicanum Gre^nm. & Thompson. Veri- 

 fied by R. A. Howard. Reputedly cultivated by Totonac 

 of Misantla area. 



c. Fruit said to be important food item in Misantla zone. 



d. Specimen provided through kindness of Ing. Jos6 

 Garcia Payon. 



e. Not found in Tajfn as far as we know; no details 

 concerning cultivation or preparation of food. 



348. Cabeza de hormiga. 



a. cakcakanc" • an. 



b. Teucrium cubense Jacq. subsp. chamacdrifolium 

 (Mill.) Epl. 



c. Presumably no utility. 



d. MG. 



e. See No. 160, same species identified by another in- 

 formant. 



349. Abalo bianco. 



a. saqaka akti. 



b. Bumelia sp„ probably B. persimihs Homsl. Monte 

 alto tree; not found in abandoned milpas. 



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