774 Navajo Names for Plants. [September, 
Senecio douglassti De Candolle, hosh-del-tay’-hee, “cactus brush.” 
The tops are used as brooms to brush the spines from cactus 
fruit. 
Order LoBELIACE, 
Lobelia splendens Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth, tha-hee- 
thee'-hee il-tha’-hee, “ humming-bird’s wing,” which it is fancied 
to resemble. 
Order OLEACEZ. 
Forestiera neo-mexicana Gray, ma-i-tha', “ coyote’s corn.” The 
bear is said to eat the fruit of this tree as well as the coyote. 
Order ASCLEPIADACE. 
Asclepias verticillata Linneus, hlish’-bi-tay-il-tzos', “slender 
snake-horn.” The pod has some resemblance to the horn of a 
rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) I imagine some Asclepias of 
stouter habit is called £/sh-ditay, or “ snake-horn.” 
Asclepidora decumbens Gray, chad-il-tay, “antelope horn.” 
Named from shape of pod. 
The Asclepiads in general are often called chzl-a-pay', or milk 
weeds,” 
Order GENTIANACEZ. 
Gentiana affinis Gissel, in-is'-ee-chil, “ witch plant.” Supposed 
to be an antidote for witchcraft. 
Frazera speciosa Douglas, peen-il-cha'-hee “ deer’s ear.” Te 
large obovate downy root-leaf has much resemblance to a deer’s 
ear. 
Order HYDROPHYLLACEÆ. 
Phacelia glandulosa Nuttall, var. neo-mexicana, a-zay' -in-chee- 
hee, “angry medicine.” It is said to inflame the skin. 
Phacelia integrifolia Torrey, var. palmeri Gray, a-zay/-in-chee i 
hee-tso. Tso means “big” (see Phacelia glandulosa ante). 
Order BorRAGINACEZ. 
Lithospermum angustifolium Michaux, a-zay’ -ha-chee! -nee,“ er 
body medicine.” There is a myth, accounting for the redness 0 
oe the root, saying it is derived from the blood of a magician OF 
~ holy one who was killed by lightning. 
_ Lithospermum multiflorum Torrey, a-zay’-ha-che¢! -ni-t50, 
red body medicine ” (see L. angustifolium ante). 
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