48 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Monarda punctata L. Mint family ( Menthaceae ) . 



Horsemint. 

 Native, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, found in dry, sandy fields from New 



York to Florida, west to Wisconsin and Texas. 

 Part used.— Kerh (non official). 

 Monotropa uniflora L. Indian-pipe family (Monotropaceae). 



Indian-pipe; fit-plant; fitroot; ghostflower; pipe-plant. 

 A curious plant, white in all its parts, growing in rich, moist woods from (Canada 



to Florida, westward to Washington and California. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Moonseed, Canada. See Menispermum (-(madense. 

 Moose-elm. See Ulmusfidva. 

 Moosewood. See Dirca palustris. 

 Mortification-root. See Althaea officinalis. 

 Moss, club-. See Lycopodium clavatum. 

 Moss, haircap-. See Polytriclium juniperinum. 

 Motherwort. See Leonurus cardiaca. 

 Mountain-ash, American. See Sorbus americana. 

 Mountain-balm. See Eriodictyon californicum. 

 Mountain-laurel. See Kalmia latifolia. 

 Mountain-magnolia. See Magnolia acuminata. 

 Mountain-mint. See Monarda didyma. 

 Mountain-mint, hairy. See Koellia pilosa. 

 Mountain-mint, thin-leaved. See Koellia montana. 

 Mountain-sumac. See Sorbus americana. 

 Mountain-tea. See Gaultheria procumbens. 

 Mouse-ear. See Gnaphalium uliginosurn. 

 Mouthroot. See Coptis trifoKa. 

 Mugwort, connnon. See Artemisia vuUjaris. 

 Mullein. See Verbascum thapsus. 

 Musquash-root. See Cicuta maculata. 

 Mustard, black. See Brassica nigra. 

 Mustard, Ijrown. See Brassica nigra. 

 Mustard, red. See Brassica nigra. 

 Mustard, white. See Sinajjis alba. 

 Mustard, yellow. See Sinapis alba. 

 Myrica asplenifolia L. Same as Comptonia peregrina. 



Myrica cerifera L. Bayberry family (Myricaceae). 



Bayberry; wax-myrtle; candleberry; waxberry. 



Grows in sandy swamps or wet woods from Florida and Texas northward to 

 Maryland. In the South it is a small evergreen tree, becoming in its north- 

 ward range a tall, semi-deciduous shrub, or a dwarfed and deciduous shrub. 

 Parts used. — Bark of root, leaves, and berries (nonofficial).. 

 Myrica gale L. Bayberry family (Myricaceae). 



Sweet gale; Dutch myrtle; bog-myrtle; golden osier. 

 Indigenous shrub, growing in swamps and along streams from Canada and 



Alaska to Virginia and Washington. 

 Parts used. — Leaves and buds (nonofficial). 



