



20 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Chamaenerion angustifolium (L.) Scop. Evening-primrose family 



(Onagraceae). 



Synonym. — Epilobium angustifolium L. 



Great willow-herb; wickup. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 8 feet high, found in dry soil from Canada to Alaska, 

 south to North Carolina, Arizona, and California. Very common from Penn- 

 sylvania northward. 



Paris used. — Leaves and root (nonofficial). 



Chamomile, fetid. See Anthemis cotula. 



Champion-oak. See Quercus rubba. 



Cheekerberry. See Gauttheria procumbens ami Miichdla repens. 



Cheeseflower. See Malva sylvestris. 



Cheeses. See Mo Ira rotundifolia. 



Chelidonium. See Chelidonium majus. 



Chelidonium majus L. ^Poppy family (Papaveraceae). 



Chelidonium; celandine; garden-celandine; great celandine; tettei wort. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 2 feet high, growing along fences, roadsides, and in waste 

 places; common in the East. Naturalized from Europe. 



Part used.— Entire plant (official in l\ S. P. 1880), 



Chelone glabra L. Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) . 



/ Balmony; turtle-head; shell flower; snakehead; salt-rheum weed. 



Native, perennial, herbaceous plant, 2 to 3 feet high; in swamps and along 

 streams, Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Florida and Kansas. 



Port used. — Herb, and especially the leaves (nonofficial). 

 Chenopodium. See Chenopodium ambrosioides and C. anthelminticum. 



Chenopodium ambrosioides L. l Goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae). 



Chenopodium; Mexican tea; American wormseed; Jerusalem tea; Spanish tea. 



Strong- scented herb, 2 to 3 feet high, annual; naturalized from tropical America, 

 and occurring in waste places, meadows, and pastures from New England 

 to Florida, west to California. 



Part \md.— Fruit (official in U. S. P. 1890). 



Chenopodium anthelminticum L. Goosefoot family ( Chenopodiaceae ) . 



^ Chenopodium; wormseed; Jerusalem oak. 



Annual, sometimes perennial, herb, usually taller than C. ambrosioides, natural- 

 ized from Europe, and found in waste places from southern New York to 

 Wisconsin, south to Florida and Mexico. 



Parts used — Fruit [official in C. S. P. 1890). The oil of chenopodium, distilled 

 from this plant, is official. 



/ Chenopodium botrys L. Goosefoot family ( Chenopodiaceae) . 



' Jerusalem oak. 



Annual herb, about 2 feet high, introduced from Europe; found in wa-te places 

 from Nova Scotia to New York and Kentucky, westward to Oregon. 



Parts used. — Herb and seeds (nonofficial). 

 Cherry birch. See Betulo lento. 

 Cherrv. rum-. See Primus serotina. 



Cherry, wild. Se© Prunus serotina. 

 Chervil, sweet. See Wasliingtonia lonyistylis. 

 Chestnut. See Castanea dentota. 

 Chestnut, American. See Castaneo dentata. 

 Chestnut, horse-. See Aesculus hippocastanum. 

 Chickentoe. See Corollorhiza odontorluza. 

 Chickweed, common. See Alsine media. 



