SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS 



set edgewise to the light, and round silky seed- 

 vessels like fluffy white pellets. The branches are 

 banded at intervals in black. It grows in the arid- 

 est of soils, from Southern California eastward 



CREOSOTE-BUSH 

 (Lwrea Mexicwna) 



across Arizona and southward into Mexico. An 

 antiseptic lotion may be made by steeping the twigs 

 and leaves in boiling hot water, effective in the 

 treatment of sores and wounds both of men and 



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