4o8 BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



tuni, tansy, tarragon, thyme, and wormwood. A number of other 

 plants have been successfully grown in an experimental way, as 

 Glycyrrhisa glabra, Hyoscyamus nigcr. Pa paver somiiiferum, 

 Cinnamonmm Camphora, Citrullus Colocynthis, Capsicum fastigi- 

 atitiii, Datura Tatula, Scopolia CarnioHca, Cassia angustifolia, 

 Convallaria niajalis, Anacyclus Pyrethrnin, Ciirysanthemiim cin- 

 erariifolinm, Aristolochia Serpentaria, and Althcca officinalis. 



CULTIVATED ECONOMIC PLANTS WHICH ARE 

 ALSO OF MEDICINAL VALUE. Several hundred of the 

 plants cultivated in the United States either for the food products 

 which they yield or for ornamental or other purposes, are more or 

 less esteemed for their medicinal properties. To this class belong 

 the following plants, both the name of the drug, or the part of the 

 plant used in medicine, and the botanical name of the plant being 

 given. The name of the drug is sometimes synonymous with the 

 common name of the plant. 



Deciduous and Evergreen Trees. The buckeye or Amer- 

 ican horse-chestnut {^senilis glabra) ; the European horse- 

 chestnut {Alsculns Hippocastanum) ; tree of heaven (Ailanthus 

 glandulosa) ; black birch bark {Bctula lenta) ; chestnut (Castanea 

 dentata) ; Judas tree {Cercis canadensis) ; orange and lemon 

 (Citrus species) ; dogwood (Cornus florida) ; persimmon bark 

 {Diospyros virginiana) ; eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Globulus) ; red 

 gum (Eucalyptus rostrata) ; American or white ash bark (Frax- 

 inus amcricana) ; black ash bark (Fraxinns nigra) ; butternut 

 (Jnglans cinerea) ; black walnut (Juglans nigra) ; juniper (luiii- 

 perns communis) ; savine (Juniperus Sabina) ; tamarac bark or 

 American larch (Larix amcricana) ; spice bush or fever bush 

 (Lindera Benzoin) ; sweet gum bark (Liquidambar Styraciflua) ; 

 tulip tree bark (Liriodendron Tiilipifera) ; sweet bay or magnolia 

 bark (Magnolia glanca) ; pride of China (Melia AccdaracJi) ; 

 ironwood (Ostrya virginiana) ; white pine (Finns Sfrobns) ; bal- 

 sam poplar (Popnlus candicans) ; white poplar (Populus trem- 

 nl aides) ; wild cherry (Friinus serotina) ; hop tree or wafer ash 

 (Ptelea trifoliata) ; mountain ash (Sorbus amcricana) ; apple tree 

 bark (Pyrits Mains) ; white oak bark (Qnercus alba) ; red oik 

 bark (Quercits rubra) ; black oak bark (Qnercus velutina) ; white 

 willow (Salix alba) ; black willow (Salix nigra) ; sassafras (Sas- 



