SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS 



set edgewise to the liglit, and round silky sood- 

 vessels like fluffy white pellets. The brniiclu's are 

 banded at intervals in black. It ^j^rows in the arid- 

 est of soils, from Southern California eastward 



CREOSOTE-BrSTI 



(Larrea Mexicana) 



across Arizona and soutlnvard into "Mexico. An 

 antiseptic lotion may be made by steeping the twigs 

 and leaves in boiling hot water, efTective in the 

 treatment of sores and wounds both of men and 



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