Most Hab. 



Most States 

 W. Can. 



Cult. 



Calif. 



FLOWERS 



8-15" 



38 HERBS 



for a tonic and a stomach 

 remedy; also, they washed 

 roots and applied them to 

 sores and swellings. 



H-11. LAMB'S QUAR- 

 TERS, GOOSE FOOT or 

 SOWBANE, Chenopodium 

 sp. ; Goosefoot Fam. (C<. 

 murale , Nettle - leaved 

 Goosefoot, illustrated.) 

 Usually many - branched 

 plants, 1 '-4' tall, with small 

 green flowers on spiked 

 panicles; often strongly 

 scented. Many species are introduced weeds. 



Indians boiled the leaves as spinach, sometimes eating them 

 raw. They would gather the seeds and grind them into a meal to 

 be stored for future uses, such as bread making. One variety 

 was boiled and applied as a poultice to reduce swellings: also, 

 used in the mouth to relieve toothache. For rheumatism, the af- 

 fected parts were washed with a decoction of the leaves. 



H-12. POKEWEED, PIGEON 

 BERRY, RED INK PLANT, Phy - 

 tolacca sp. ; Pokeweed Fam. A 

 large, coarse herb, 3-4' high, with 

 large, pointed leaves, purplish 

 stem, thick fleshy root; greenish- 

 white flowers in racemes; berries 

 with crimson juice; seeds glossy 

 black-purple. 



Indians dried root and fruit, 

 and used as purgative and emetic. 

 Chinese dug root of one species 

 in second and eighth month. They 

 boiled leaves as potherb. Young 

 pokeweed shoots can be dug in the 

 spring, boiled in two waters; in 

 second water a bit of fat pork is 

 added and all is served as greens 



