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Catgut. See Oracca rirginiana. 



Catmint. See Nepeta cataria. 



Catnip. See Nepeta cataria. 



Cattail, broad-leaved. See Tyjiha latifolia. 



Cattail-flag. See Typha latifolia. 



Caulophyllum. See Caulophyllam thalictroides. 



Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. Barberry family (Berberidaceae). 



Caulophyllum; blue cohosh; squawroot; papoose-root. 



Native, perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high; found in rich, shady woods from New 

 Brunswick to South Carolina, westward to Nebraska; abundant throughout 

 the Allegheny Mountain region. 



Parts used. — Rhizome and roots (official in U. S. P. 1890) . 



Ceanothus americanus L. Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). 



Jersey tea; New Jersey tea; redroot. 



A native shrub, growing in dry, open woods from Canada to Florida and Texas. 



Parts used. — Root, root-bark, and leaves (nonofficial). 

 Cedar, red. See Juniperus virginiana. 

 Cedar, shrubby red. See Juniperus sahina. 

 Cedai-, white. See Thuja occidentalis. 

 Cedar, yellow. See Thuja occidentalis. 

 Celandine. See Chelidonium majus. 

 Celandine, garden-. See Chelidonium majus. 

 Celandine, great. See Chelidonium majus. 

 Celandine, wild. See Impatiens aarea. 



Celastrus scandens L. Staff-tree family (Celastraceae). 



False bittersweet; staff-tree; waxwork; fevertwig. 



An indigenous, twining, woody vine; in rich, damp soil, woods, and thickets, 

 Ontario to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and New Mexico. 



Part used. — Bark of plant and of root (nonofficial). 

 Centaurea benedicta L. Same as Cnicus benedictus. 

 Centaury, American. See Sabbatia angularis. 

 Centaury, ground-. See Polygala mdtallii. 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis I.. Madder family (Rubiaceae). 



Buttonbush; button-tree; buttonwood-shrub; globefiower. 



Indigenous shrub, 6 to 12 feet high; in swamps and damp places, Canada to 

 Florida and California. 



Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 



Cercis canadensis L. Senna family (Caesalpiniaceae). 



Judas-tree; redbud. 



Small, native tree, growing in rich soil from New Jersey to Minnesota, south to 

 Florida and Texas. 



Part used. — Bark of root (nonofficial). 



Chamaelirium luteum (L. ) A. Gray. Bunchflower family (Melanthiaceae). 



Synonym. — Helovias dioica Pursh. 



True (not false) unicorn-root; « blazingstar; starwort; drooping starwort. 



Slender, i)erennial herb, aliout 2 feet high ; native in moist meadows and thickets 



from Massachusetts to IMichigan, south to Florida and Arkansas. 

 Part used. — Rhizome (nonofficial). 



"The name " uiiicoru-root " wa.s first iii)i)!iod to Chamaelirium luteum, and tlio designation "true 

 unicorn-root " \vf)uld seem to heloiiK moro properly to that spectics tiian to .-Uelri.i fariuoxa, to which 

 the name unicorn-njot was given hiter, and wliicli nniy thus he ealleii "false unic'orn-rool." 



