APLEOTRrTM HYEMALE ARCHANGELICA ATRO PURPUREA. 11 



Aplectrum hyemale Nutt. Same as Aplectrum spicatum. 



Aplectrum spicatum (Walt.) B. S, P. Orchid family (Orchidaceae). 



Synonym. — Aplectrum hyemale Nutt. 

 Adam-and-E ve ; putiv-root. 



Native herb, perennial, 1 to 2 feet high; in rich woods and swamps from Canada 

 to Georgia and California. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Apocynum. See Apocynum ccmnabirmm. 



Apocynum androsaemifolium L. Dog-bane family (A; 



ocynace 



Bitterroot; spreading dogbane; honey bloom. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 4 feet high, native in fields and thickets from Canada south 

 to Georgia and Arizona. The most common species in Canada and the North- 

 eastern States. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



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Apocynum cannabinum L. 



Apocynum; Canadian hemp; black Indian 



ocynaceae 



Perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native in moist ground and borders of fields 



throughout the United States. 



Part used. — Rhizome of this or of closely allied species of Apocynum (official). 



Apple, custard-. See Asimina triloba. 



Apple, May-. See Padopkyllum peltatwnk 



Apple, thorn-. See Datura stramonium. 



Apple-of-Peru. See Datura stramonium. 



Aquilegia canadensis L. See under Aquikgia vulgaris. 



^V Aquilegia vulgaris L. Crowfoot family (Ranunculaceae). 



European columbine; garden-columbine. 



Perennial herb, with showy flowers. Naturalized from Europe, and well known 

 in cultivation; escaped from gardens into woods and fields; frequent in the 

 Eastern and Middle States. The wild columbine ( Aquilegia canadensis L.) , 

 occurring in rockv woods throughout Canada ami the eastern United States, 

 is said to possess properties similar to those of the European columbine. 



Part used. — Herb (nonofficial). 



Aralia hispida Vent. 



family 



Dwarf elder; wild elder; bristly sarsaparilla. 



Erect, leafy perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, native in sandy woods and fields from 

 Labrador south to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Indiana. 



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Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Aralia nudicaulis L. Ginseng family (Araliaceae). 



American sarsaparilla; wild sarsaparilla; false sarsaparilla: Virginian sarsapa- 

 rilla; small spikenard. 



Herbaceous perennial, native, growing in moist woods from Newfoundland west 

 to Manitoba ami south to North Carolina and Missouri. 



Pari used. — Boot (nonofficial). 

 Aralia racemosa L. Ginseng family (Araliaceae). 



Indian-root; spikenard; American spikenard; spignet 



Herbaceous perennial, native, 3 to 6 foot high, growing in rich woods and rocky 



places from Canada to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Missouri. 

 Part used.— Root (nonofficial). 



\rbor-vitae. See Thuja occidentalism 

 Arbutus, trailing. See Epigaea repens. 

 Archangelica atropurpurea Iloffm. Same as Angelica atropurpurea. 



