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c. Freshly extracted latex used to adulterate chicle 

 (No. 191) (NM). 



d. Nemesio Martinez, MG. 



e. First informant distinguishes between dbalo Manco 

 and negro (siksaka akti) ; latter produces no chicle but 

 its hard wood said to be used in making musical instru- 

 ments (not locally). See also No. 152, which informants 

 consider distinct. 



350. Zapote mamey. 

 a. licukut'ja-ka. 



6. Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merr. Cultivated. 



c. Edible fruit. 



d. Nemesio Martinez. 



351. Zacate flno de gallina. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Determined by J. R. 

 Swallen. "Weed in maize fields. Also cultivated from 

 seed in house clearings, to feed fowl. 



c. Poultry eats seeds. 



d. MG, Nemesio Martinez. 



352. Zacate flno. 

 a. stumtisakat. 



o. Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv. Determined by J. R. 

 Swallen. Wild ; troublesome weed in maize fields. 



c. Used as fodder. 



d. Nemesio Martinez. 



353. Zacate de elote. 



a. takXa sakat. 



b. Panicum fasciculatum Sw. Determined by J. R. 

 Swallen. Troublesome weed in maize fields. 



c. No utility. 



d. Nemesio Martinez, MG. 



354. See No. 58. 



355. Malva de bolita. 



a. No Totonac name. 



b. Sida rhombifolia L. 



c. No utility. 



d. Bernab£ Xochigua. 



Weed in maize fields. 



356. See No. 93. 



357. Zacate grama. 



a. pasma sakat. 



b. Paspalum conjugatum Berg var. pubescens Doell. 

 Determined by J. R. Swallen. Wild along trails; not a 

 threat to maize field. 



c. Fodder. 



d. Nemesio Martinez. 



358. Unknown to informant. 

 a. nakaiya. 



6. Probably Ipomaea sp. Wild vine ; flower said by 

 one informant to be white, by another to be purple. 



c. Stem cut into pieces and added to rubber latex (No. 

 345) as coagulating agent; no cooking required. 



d. Magdaleno Mendez. 



359. Chipila. 



a. Cipilanin (sic). 



b. Crotalaria incana L. Wild. 



c. No utility. 



d. Rutilio Olmos. 



e. See No. 91. 



360. Sandia del raton; sandia de la lagartlja. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Melothria sp. Determined by L. H. Bailey. Trouble- 

 some weed in maize fields. 



c. No utility. 



d. Bernabe Xochigua. 



361. Melon. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Cuciimis melo L. var. chito Naud. Determined by 

 L. H. Bailey. Cultivated in milpa. 



c. Ripe fruit eaten raw. 



d. Mauro Perez. 



362. Palma coyol; coyol. 



a. mokot ? . 



b. Probably Acrocomia mexicana Karw. Determined 

 by L. H. Bailey. Wild; spared when fields are cleared. 



c. Nuts eaten by children; oil very rarely used in cook- 

 ing. Formerly palm nut hollowed and used as pipe bowl 

 (p. 176). 



d. Unaccompanied by informant when specimen col- 

 lected. 



363. Zacate salado. 



a. skoko sakat. 



b. Leptochloa flliformis (Lam.) Beauv. Determined by 

 J. R. Swallen. Troublesome weed in maize fields. 



c. No utility except possibly (?) as fodder. 



d. Nemesio Martinez, Bartolo Simbron. 



e. According to informants, two weeds most harmful to 

 maize fields are this and zacate flno (No. 352). 



364. Palma real. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Scheelea liebmannii Becc. Determined by L. H. 

 Bailey. 



c. Used for house thatch, and woven palm figures for 

 altar ornament. 



d. Unaccompanied by informant when specimen 

 collected. 



365. GaUinitas. 



a. sikinsut. 



b. Canavalia villosa Benth. Wild. 



c. Children make whistles from united filaments of 

 stamens. 



d. ML. 



366. Bazo de venado. 



a. Not recorded. 



b. Passiflora coriacea Juss. 



c. Remedy for earache : leaf roasted and juice squeezed 

 into ear. 



d. ML. 



e. By another informant, same species given different 

 Spanish name and distinct use ; see No. 244. 



367. Unknown to informants. 



a. laqastAku'. 



b. Pithecellobium sp. (?). 



c. No utility. 



d. ML, MG. 



