66 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Solanum dulcamara L. Potato family ( Solanaceae ) . 



Dulcamara; bittersweet; woody nightshade; violet-bloom; scarletberry. 

 Climbine shrubby perennial, naturalized from Europe; found in low, damp 

 grounds and moist banks, New Brunswick to Minnesota, south to New Jersey 

 and Kansas. 

 Part usgrf.— Young branches (official in V. S. P. 1890). 

 Solidago odora Ait. Aster family ( Asteraceae ) . 



Sweet goldenrod; fragrant-leaved goldenrf)d; anise-scented goldenrod. 

 Slender, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native; in dry soil from Maine to Texas. 

 Parts used. — Leaves and tops (nonofficial). 

 Bolomon's-seal, false. See Vagnera racemosd. 

 Solomon' s-seal, giant. See Polygonatum commntatum. 

 Solomon's-seal, great. See Polygonatum commulatum,. 

 Solomon' s-seal, hairy. See Polygonatum Uflorum. 

 Solomon's-seal, small. See Vagnera racemosa. 

 Solomon's-seal, smaller. See Polygonatum Mfloriun. 

 Solomon's-seal, smooth. See Polygonatum commutatum. 



Sorbus americana Marsh. Apple family (Malaceae). 



Synonym. — Pyrus americana DC. 

 American mountain-ash; roundwood; dogberry; mountain-sumac; American 



service-tree. 

 Indigenous tree or tall shrub, growing in low woods or moist ground from New- 

 foundland south along the mountains to North Carolina, and to Michigan. 

 Parts used.— Bark and berries (nonofficial). 

 Sorrel, common. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sorrel, field-. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sorrel, sheep-. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sorrel, white wood-. See Oxalis acetosella. 

 Sorrel-tree. See Oxydendrum arboreum. 

 Sour-grass. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sourwood. See Oxydendrum arboreum. 

 Southernwood. See Artemisia abrotanum. 



Spathyema foetida (L. ) Raf. ~ Arum family ( Araceae). 



Synonyms. — Dracontiumfoetidum L. ; Symplorarpus foetidns Nutt. 

 Skunk-ca])bage; skunkweed; polecat-weed; s\vamp-cabl)age. 

 Indigenous, perennial herb, about 1 to 2 feet high, found in swamps and wet 

 soil from Canada south to Florida, Iowa, and Minnesota. Appears very early 

 in spring. 

 Parts used. — Rhizome and roots (nonofficial). 



Spatter-dock. See Nymphaea advena. 

 Spearmint. See Mentha spicata. 

 Speedwell, common. See ]"eronica officinalis. 

 Speedwell, tall. See Veronica virginica. 

 Spicebush. See Benzoin benzoin. 

 Spicewood. See Benzoin benzoin. 

 Spigelia. See Spiyelia marilandica. 



