66 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 











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Solanum dulcamara L. Potato family (Solanaceae). 



Dulcamara; bittersweet; woody nightshade; violet-bloom; scarletberry. 



Climbing, shrubby perennial, naturalized from Europe; found in low, damp 

 grounds and moist banks, New Brunswick to Minnesota, south to New Jersey 

 and Kansas. 



Part used. — Young branches (official in U. S. P. 1S90). 



Solidago odora Ait. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



Sweet goldenrod; fragrant-leaved goldenrod; anise-scented goldenrod. 

 Slender, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native; in dry soil from Maine to Texas. 

 Parts used. — Leaves and tops (nonofficial). 



Solomon' s-seal, false. See Vagnera racemosa. 



Solomon' s-seal, giant. See Polygonatum commntatum. 



Solomon' s-seal, great. See Polygonatum cornntuiutum. 



Solomon' s-seal, hairy. See Polygonatum biflarum. 



Solomon' s-seal, small. See Vagnera racemosa. 



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Solomon's-seal, smaller. See Polygonatum biflorum, 



Solomon's-seal, smooth. See Polygonatum commntatum. 



Sorbus americana Marsh. Apple family (Malaceae). 



Synonym. — Pyrus americana DC. 



American mountain-ash; round wood; dogberry; mountain-sumac; American 

 service-tree. 



Indigenous tree or tall shrub, growing in low woods or moist ground from New- 



. foundland south along the mountains to North Carolina, and to Michigan. 

 Parts u$ed. — Bark and berries (nonofficial). 



Sorrel, common. See Rumex acetosella. 



Sorrel, field-. See Rumex acetosella. 



Sorrel, sheep-. See Rumex acetosella. 



Sorrel, white wood-. See Oxalis acetosella. , 



Sorrel-tree. See Oxydendrum arborevm. 



Sour-grass. See Rumex acetosella. 



Sour wood. See < Kvydendrurn arboreum. 

 Southernwood. See Artemisia abrot an am. 



Spathyema foetida ( L. ) Raf. Arum family ( Araceae). 



Synonyms. — Draconi in m foetid" m L. ; Symplomrjnis foetid us Xutt. 

 Skunk-cabbage; skunkweed; polecat- weed; swamp-cabbage. 

 indigenous, perennial herb, about 1 to 2 feet high, found in swamps and wet 

 eod from Canada south to Florida, Iowa, and Minnesota. Appears very earlv 



in spring. 

 Paris used. — Rhizome and roots (nonotlieial). 



Spatter-dock. See Nympliaea advena. 



Spearmint. See Mentha spicata. 



Speedwell, common. See Veronica officinalis. 



Speedwell, tall. See Veronica rirginica. 

 Spicebuah. See Benzoin benzoin. 

 Spicewood. See Benzoin benzoin. 

 Spigeiia. See Spigelia marilandica. 



