44 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



lAthospermum virginianurn L. Same as Onosrnodium virginianum. 



Liverleaf, heart-. See Hepatica acuta. 



Liverleaf, kidney-. See Hepatica hepatica. 



Liverleaf, roand-lobed. See Hepatica hepatica. 



Liverleaf, sharp- lol>ed. See Hepatica acuta. 



Liver-lily. See Iris versicolor. 



liverwort. See Hepatica acuta and Ff. hepatica. 



Lobelia. See *L<>helia in f lata. 

 Lobelia, blue. See Lobelia BiphiUtica, 



Lobelia cardinalis L. Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). 



Cardinal-flower; red cardinal; red lobelia. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 4 feet high, with showy scarlet flowers; in moist 

 soil from British America south to Florida and Texas. 



Part used. — Herb (nonofficial). 



Lobelia, great. See Lobelia .syphilitica. 



Lobelia inflata L. Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). 



Lobelia; Indian tobacco; gagroot; vomitwort; bladderpod. 



Native, annual, herbaceous plant, 1 to 3 feet high, poisonous; in dry soil, fields, 

 old pastures, and along roadsides from Canada to Georgia, Nebraska, and 

 Arkansas. 



Parts used. — Leaves and tops, collected after a portion of the capsules have 

 become inflated (official). The seeds are also used (nonofficial). 



/ Lobelia, red. See Lobelia cardinalis. 



Lobelia siphilitica L. Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). 



Blue cardinal-flower; great lobelia; blue lobelia; highbelia. 



Native, perennial herb, about 1 to 3 feet high, growing in moist soil from < hitario 

 to Georgia, west to Louisiana and the Dakotas. 



I J art used. — Herb (nonofficial). 



Locust, black. See Robinia peeudacacia. 

 Locust, yellow. See Robinia p$eudacacia. 



Locust-plant. See Cassia marUandica, 

 Locust-tree. See Robinia peeudacacia* 

 Lycopodium. See hycopodium davatum. 



Lycopodium clavatum L. Club-moss family (Lycopodiaceae). 



Lycopodium; club-moss; stag -horn. 



Native perennial, with trailing stem, growing in drv situations in woods from 

 Canada to North Carolina, Michigan, and Washington. 



Part wed.— Spores of this or of other species of Lycopodium (official). 

 Lycopus virginieus L. . Mint family (Menthaceae). 



Bugleweed; sweet bugle; water-bugle; gypsy- weed; water-hoarhound. 



Indigenous, perennial herb, 10 to 20 inches in height ; in wet, shady places fron 

 Canada to Florida, Missouri, and Nebraska. 



part used, — Herb (nonoffieial). 



Mad weed. See Scutellaria lateriflora. 



Magnolia acuminata L. Magnolia family ( Magnoliaceae | . 



Cucumber-tree; mountain-magnolia; blue magnolia. 



Native tree, 60 to 80 feet in height, occurring in the mountainous regions from 



New York to Georgia. More abundant in the >outhern States. 

 I y art used. — Bark (nonofficial). 



Magnolia, blue. See Magnolia acuminata. 



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