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SHRUBS 



S-30. MONKEY FLOW- 

 ER, Mimulus spo ; Figwort 

 MostHab. Fam. This genus has a 

 few shrubs, including the 

 Omnge Bush Monkey Flower, 

 M. aurantiacus (shown in 

 picture). Uses of monkey 

 flowers are described on 

 page 55 under H-47. 



LEAVES 

 DEEP 

 GREEM 



Most States 

 W. Car, 



FLOWERS 

 DRANG 



\ 



Z-5' 



S-31. 

 Most Hab. Penstemon 



these are herbs and their ^j 



PENSTEMON, 

 sp. Most of%% 



Most Hab. 



Most States 

 W. Can. 



Most States"""'"'"' "* " '., , ^i 



w. Can. uses are described on page 

 56 under H-49. 



S-32. BLUEBERRY EL- 

 DER, Sambucus caerulea , 

 and S. mexicana ; Honey- 

 suckle Fam. These spe- 

 cies are very closely 

 alike, but mexicana usu- 

 ally has 3-5 leaflets in a 

 compound leaf, while cae - 

 rulea has 5-9 leaflets. 

 Both species are bushes 

 or small trees, 6-15' high, 

 with small white, flowers 

 in terminal clusters turn- 

 ing into bluish berries. 



The Indians call it "the 

 tree of music", as they 

 make flutes from branch- 

 es that were cut in the 

 spring and then dried with the leaves on. When thoroughly dry, 

 they would bore holes in the branches with a hot stick. The large 

 shoots were used for arrow shafts. Berries were used in sever- 

 al ways, for a drink and also dried and stored for winter. Flow- 

 ers were used fresh externally in a decoction for an antiseptic 

 wash for skin diseases and taken internally to check bleeding of 

 the lungs. The inner bark yields a strong emetic. 



