APLECTRITM HYEMALE ARCHANGELICA ATROPURPLTREA. 11 



Aplectrum hyenude Niitt. Same as Aplectmm spicatuw. 



Aplectrum spicatum (Walt.) B. S. P. Orchid family (Orchidaceae). 



Synonym. — Aplectrum hyemale Nutt. 

 . Adam-and-Eve; putty-root. 



Native herb, perennial, 1 to 2 feet high; in rich woods and swamps from Canada 

 to (reorgia and California. 



Part used. — Root (nonofheial) . 



Apocynnm. See Apnrijnum cannahlnum. 



Apocynum androsaemifoUum L. Dogbane family ( Apocynaceae) . 



Bitterroot; spreading dogbane; honeybloom. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 4 feet high, native in fields and thickets from Canada south 

 to (jeorgia and Arizona. The most common species in Canada and the North- 

 eastern States. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Apocynum cannabinum L. Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). 



Apocynum; Canadian hemp; black Indian hemj); amy-root. 



Perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native in moist ground and borders of fields 

 throughout the United States. 



Part used.— Rhizome of this or of closely allied species of Apocynum (official). 

 Apple, custard-. See Asimina trUoha. 

 Apple, May-. See Podophyllum peltatum. 

 Apple, thorn-. See Datura stramonium. 

 Apple-of-Peru. See Datura stramonium. 

 Aquilegia canadensis L. See under AquUegia vulgaris. 



Aquilegia vulgaris L. Crowfoot family ( Ranunculaceae) . 



European columbine; garden-columbine. 



Perennial herb, with sliowy flowers. Naturalized from Europe, and well known 

 in cultivation; escaped from gardens into woods and fields; frequent in the 

 Eastern and Middle States. The wild columbine {Aqmlegia canadensis L ) 

 occurring in rocky woods throughout Canada and the eastern United States' 

 IS said to possess properties similar to those of the European columbine. 

 Part used. — Herb (nonofficial). 



Aralia hispida Vent. Ginseng family ( Araliaceae ) . 



Dwarf elder; wild elder; bristly sarsaparilla. 

 Erect, leafy perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, native in sandv woods and fields from 



Labrador south to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Indiana. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Aralia nudicaulis L. Ginseng family (Araliaceae). 



American sarsaparilla; wild sarsaparilla; false sarsaparilla; Virginian sarsapa- 

 rilla; small spikenard. 



Herbaceous perennial, native, growing in moist woods from Newfoundland west 



to Manitoba and soutli to North Carolina and Missouri. 

 Part used. —Root (nonofficial). 



Aralia racemosa L. Ginseng family ( Araliaceae ) . 



Indian-root; spikenard; American spikenard; spignet. 

 Herbaceous perennial, native, 3 to 6 feet high, growing in rich woods and rocky 



places from Canada to Ceorgia, west to Minnesota and Missouri. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 



Arbor-vitae. See Thuja occidentalis. 



Arbutus, trailing. See Epigaea repens. 



Archangelira atropurpurea Hoffm. Same as Angelica atropurpurea. 



