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Eryngo, water-. See Eryngium yueeifolium. 



Erytliroiiium americanum Ker. Lily family (Liliaceae). 



Yellow adder' s-tongue; dog's-tooth violet; yellow snowdrop; rattlesnake-violet; 



yellow snakeleaf. 

 Native, perennial herb, occurring in moist woods and thickets, Nova Scotia to 



Minnesota, south to Arkansas and Florida. 



Parts used. — Leaves and root (nonofficial). 

 Euonymus. See Euonymus atropurpureus. 



Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Staff-tree family (Celastraceae). 



Euonymus; wahoo; hurningbush; spindle-tree; Indian arrow wood. 

 Native shrub or small tree, growing in woods and thickets from Ontario and 

 eastern United States west to Montana. 



Part used. — Bark of root (official) . 

 Eupatorium. See Eupatorin m perfoUatinn . 



Eupatorium ageratoides L. f. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



White snakeroot; white sanicle; Indian sanicle; deerwort-boneset ; poolwort; 



poolroot; richweed; squaw T -weed. 

 Erect, perennial herb, 1 to 4 feet high, native; in rich woods from Canada to 

 Georgia, w r est to Nebraska and Louisiana. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Eupatorium aromaticum L. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



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Smaller white snakeroot; poolwort; poolroot; wild hoarhound. 

 Native, perennial herb, 1 to 2 feet high; in dry soil from Massachusetts to 

 Florida, especially throughout the Middle States. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Eupatorium perfoliatum L. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



Eupatorium; boneset; thoroughwort; Indian sage; ague weed; crosswort. 

 Native, perennial herb, 1 to 5 feet high; in low, wet places from Canada to 

 Florida, west to Texas and Nebraska. 



Paris used.— Leaves and flowering tops (official). 



Eupatorium purpureum L. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



Queen-of-the-meadow; gravelroot; Joe-Pye-weed; purple boneset; kidneyroot. 

 Native, perennial herb, 3 to 10 feet high; in low grounds from Canada to Florida 

 and Texas. 

 j Parts used. — Root and herb (nonofficial). 



Euphorbia corollata L. Spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). 



Flowering spurge; emetic-root; milk-ipecac; snakemilk; purging- root 



Native, perennial herb, about 3 feet in height, growing in dry fields and woods 

 from Ontario to Florida and Minnesota to Texas. 



Pari used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Euphorbia hyperitifolia A. Gray. Same as Euphorbia nutans. 



Euphorbia ipecacuanhae L. Spurg-e family (Euphorbiaceae). 



Wild ipecac; ipecac-spurge; American ipecac; Carolina ipecac. 



Native, perennial herb, 4 to 10 inches high; in dry, sandy soil, mostly near the 

 coast, from Connecticut to Florida. 



Part wed. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Euphorbia nutans Lag. Spurg-e family ( Euphorbiaceae). 



Synonym. —Euphorbia hypericifolki A. Gray. 



Large spotted spurge; black purslane; flux weed; milk-purslane. 



Native, annual plant, from 1 to 2 feet in height; in rich -oils, fields, and thickets 



throughout eastern North America, except extreme north, and extending 



west to the Rocky Mountains. 

 Part used.— Herb (nonofficial). 



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