14 WILD MEDICINAL PI, ANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Athyrium fllix-foemina ( L. ) Roth. Fern family (Polypodiaceae>. 



Synonym. — Aspleuium JilLi-foemina (L. ) Bernh. 



Backache- brake; female-fern; lady-fern. . 



Native fern, with leaves 1 to 3 feet long; in woods and thickets, Canada to 

 Alaska, southward to Florida and Arizona. 



Part used. — Rhizome (nonomcial). 

 Vvens, purple. See Geum rivale. 

 Avens, water-. See Geum rivale. 



Backache-brake. See Athyrium filir-foemraa. 



Backache-root. See Lacinaria spicata. 



Balm. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm, bee-. See Monarch didyma. 



Balm, field-. See Glecoma hederacea. 



Balm, garden-. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm, horse-. See t'ollinsonia canadensis. 



Balm, lemon-. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm, mountain-. See K riodictyon caih >> n 1 1 rum. 



Balm, scarlet. See Monarda didyma. 



Balm, sweet. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm-of-Gilead . See Papula* candicans. 



Balmony. See Chelone glabra. 



Balsam, sweet. See (Jnaphalium obtusifolium. 



Balsam tree, Canada. See Abies balsam eu. 



Balsam, white. See Gnaphalmm ohtusifolium. 



Balsa in -fir. See Abies balsamea. 



Bamboo-brier. See Smilcu pseudo-china. 



Baneberrv, red. See Actaea rubra. 



Baneberrv, white. See Actaea alba. 



Baptisia tinctoria (L. ) R. Br. Pea family (Fabaceae). 



Wild indigo; yellow indigo; American indigo; indigo-weed; horsefly- weed. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, growing in dry, poor soil from Maine 

 to Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



Parts used. — Root and leaves (nonomcial). 

 Barberry, holly-leaved. See Herberts aquifoUum. 



Bardane. See Arctium lappa. 

 Basswood. See Tilia americana. 



Bay, rose-. See Rhododendron maximum. 



Bay, sweet. See Magnolia Virginia nu. 

 Bay, white. See Magnolia virgimana. 

 Bay berry. See Myrica cerifera. 



Bean, bog-. See Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Bean, buck-. See Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Bean, hog's-. See Ilyosryamus niger. 

 Bearberry. See Arcto*tuphylos ura-urxi. 

 Bearberry-tree. See Rhamnn* purskkma. 

 Bear's-foot, yellow. See Polymuia uvedaUu. 



