62 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
Botanical name Common name Medicinal property 
VIOLACEAE 
Viola odorata.......... Sweet violet......... | 
Viola pedata........... Bird’s-foot violet..... Lan — 
Viola cucullata........ Common blue violet. . | Emetic, cathartic, vulnerary 
Viola striata........... White violet......... } 
BRASSICACEAE 
Brassica nigra......... Black mustard......... Seed—pungent, laxative, stimulant 
Radicula Armoriacia...Horseradish ........... Depurative, stimulant, diuretic 
MALVACEAE 
Althaea officinalis..... Marsh mallow......... Demulcent, emollient 
Gossypium herbaceum..Cotton ..........0000 6 Anti-venomous, emollient 
SAPINDACEAE 
Cardiospermum 
Halicacabum.........Balloon vine........... Sudorific, diuretic 
Aesculus Pavia........ Red buckeye........... Bark—tonic, febrifuge; seed— 
poisonous, like strychnine 
HY PERICACEAE 
Hypericum perfoliatum.St. John’s wort......... Aromatic, bitter, astringent 
MAGNOLIACEAFR 
Magnolia glauca....... Sweet bay........... i vn 
Magnolia acuminata....Cucumber tree....... ¢ Tonic, astringent, stimulant 
Ltriodendron Tulipifera.Tulip tree.............. Bitter, aromatic, antirheumatic 
RANUNCULACEAE 
Clematis erecta........ ChOMSUIS i645 erences es Irritant, vesicant, diuretic 
Hepatica acutiloba..... Liver-leaf ............. Hepatic, astringent, pectoral 
Hydrastis canadensis...Golden-seal ............ Tonic, antiperiodic, laxative 
Ranunculus bulbosus...Bulbous buttercup......Rubefacient, vesicant 
Aconitum Anthora..... BOCONILO) ss o55's 52 6 55-96 Narcotic, arterial sedative 
Paeonia officinalis......Peony ..............5- Seeds—cathartic, emetic; root— 
antispasmodic 
Cimicifuga racemosa...Black cohosh.......... Alterative, nervine 
Actaea alba............ White baneberry....... Emetic, purgative, astringent, 
vulnerary 
Podophyllum peltatum..May apple............. Cathartic, resolvent, emetic 
Delphinium consolida..Larkspur ...........-- Diuretic, vermifuge, vulnerary 
PAPAVERACEAE 
Chelidonium majus.....Celandine ............ Hydragogue, aperient, diuretic 
Sanguinaria canadensis.Bloodroot .........++5+ Emetic, sedative, diuretic 
Argemone mesxicana,...Prickly poppy......... Anodyne, diuretic, emetic; seed 
—opthalmic 
