48 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE TNTTED STATES. 



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Monarda punctata 1 ,. Mint family ( Menthaceae ) . 



Horsemint. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, found in dry, Bandy fields from New 



York to Florida, west to Wisconsin and Texas. 



Part " /.—Herb (nonofrieial). 



Monotropa uniflora L. Indian-pipe family (Monotropaceae). 



[ndian-pipe; fit-plant; fitroot; ghostflower; pipe-plant. 



curious plant, white in all its parts, growing in rich, moist woods from Canada 



to Florida, westward to Washington and California. 



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Pari used. — Root (nonofrieial). 



Moonseed, Canada. See tfertispermum canadense. 

 Moose-elm. See Uhnusfulva. 



Moose wood. See Dirca palustris. 

 Mortification-root See Althaea officinalis. 

 Moss, club-. S«-e Liiewpodium davaium. 

 Moss, haireap-. See Polytrichum juniperinurn. 



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Motherwort. See Leamxrus cardiaca. 

 Mountain-ash, American. See Sorbus arnericana. 

 .Mountain -balm. See Eriodictyon californicum. 



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Mountain-laurel. See Kalmia /at i folia. 



Mountain-magnolia. See Magnolia unnninata. 



Mountain-mint. See Monarda didyma. 

 Mountain-mint, hairy. See KoeUia pilosa . 



Mountain-mint, thin-leaved. See Kodlxa mantana. 



Mountain-sumac. See Sorbus americana. 

 Mountain-tea. See Gauttheria procumbens. 

 Mouse-ear. See Onaphalium uliginosum. 

 Mouthroot. See Goptis trifolia . 

 Milkwort, common, ^ee Artemisia vulgaris* 



Mullein. See Verbascum tkapxnx. 



Musquash-root. See Oicuki maeulaia. 



Mustard, black. See Brajssica nigra. , 



Mustard, bnnvn. See Brassica nigra. 



Mustard, red. See Brassica nigra. 



Mustard, white. See Sinapis alba. 



Mustard, yellow. See Sinapis alba, 



Myrica axplenifolia L. Sana' as Comptonia peregrin**. 



Myrica cerifera L. Bayberry family (Myricaceae ) . 



Bay berry; wax-myrtle; candleberry; waxberry. 



Grows in sandy swamps or wet woods from Florida and Texas northward to 

 Maryland. In the South it is a small evergreen tree, becoming in its north- 

 ward range a tall, semi-deciduous shrub, or a dwarfed and deciduous shrub. 



Parts used.— Bark of root, leaves, and berries (nonofficial). 



Myrica gale L. Bayberry family ( Myricaceae ) . 



Sweet gale; Dutch myrtle; bog-myrtle; golden osier. 



Indigenous shrub, growing in swamps and along streams from Canada and 

 Alaska to V lrgmia and Washington. 



Parts used.— Leaves and buds (nonofficial). 



