18 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Calycantlvus floridus L. Same as Butneria flonda. 



Camomile, fetid. See Anthemis cotida. 



Canada i)alsam tree.' See Abies halsamea. 



Canada-root. See Asdepias tuberosa. 



Cancerroot. See Lejitamnium virginianum. 



Candleberry. See Myrica cerifera. 



Cane-ash. See Fraxinus americana. 



Canker root. See Coptis trifolia and Limonium caroHnianum. 



Canker-weed. See Nabalus serjjentariw. 



Canker-weed, white. See Nabalus albus. 



Cankerwort. See Taraxacum officmale. 



Canoewood. See Liriodendron tidijnfera. 



Capsella bursa-pastoris Medic. Same as Bursa bursa-pastoris. 



Cardinal, red. See Lobelia cardinalis. 



Cardinal-tiower. See Lobelia cardinalis. 



Cardinal-flower, blue. See Lobelia sipliilitica. 



Carduus arvensis (L.) Robs. Aster family (Asteraceae) . 



Synonym. — Cirsium arvense Scop. 



Canada thistle; creeping thistle; cursed thistle. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high; growing in cultivated fields, pastures, and waste 

 places from Newfoundland to Virginia, west to Minnesota and Nebraska. A 

 bad weed, introduced from Europe. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Carduus benedictus Auct. Same as Cnicus benedlctus. 

 • Carpenter' s-square. See Scrophularia niarUandiea. 

 Carrion-flower. See Smilax herbacea. 

 Carrot, wild. See Daucus carota. 

 Carya alba Nutt. Same as Hicoria ovata. 

 Cascara sagrada. See Rhamnus pur.?hia.na. 

 Cassia marilandica L. Senna family (Caesalpiniaceae). 



American senna; wild senna; locust-plant. 



Native, perennial herb; in swamps and wet soil. New England to Florida, west 

 to Louisiana and Nebraska. 



Part used. — Leaves ( nonofiicial ) . 



Castalia odorata (Dryand.) Woodv. & Wood. 



Water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae). 



Synonym. — Nympliaea odorata Dryand. 



White pond-lily; water-lily; sweet-scented water-lily. 



Indigenous, aquatic herb; perennial; in ponds, marshes, and sluggish streams, 



from Canada to Flonda and Louisiana. 

 Part used. — Rhizome (nonofiicial). 



Castanea. See Castanea dentata. 



Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. Beecli family (Tagaceae). 



Castanea; chestnut; American chestnut. 



A large, spreading tree, occurring in rich woods from Maine to Michigan, south 

 to Tennessee. Especially abundant in the Allegheny region. Native. 



Pari used.— Leaves (official in U. S. P. 1890). 

 Catch weed. See Galium aparine. 

 Catfoot. See Glecoma hederacea. 



