66 PHARMACAL PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



78. Andropogon sorghum halepensis Haeckel. Johnson grass. 

 Sorghum. Graminece. 



A common weed. A useful forage plant, rich in sugar. 



79. Anemiopsis californica Hook. Yerba Mansa. Saururacea. 

 Piperacece. 



Considered to be a very useful remedy for cuts, bruises, sores and 

 sprains. It is also said to be a useful diuretic, in rheumatism, as a 

 blood purifier, in asthma, malaria, dysentery, gonorrhoea, etc. (U. S. 

 Geog. Surv. Wheeler's Report, Bot. 6: 49.) (H. H. Rusby, Druggists' 

 Circular, Jan., 1890.) (Schneider, A. Yerba mansa. Druggists' Cir- 

 cular, May, 1897.) 



80. Anemone globosa Nutt. Red wine flower. Ranunculacece. 

 Requires further study. Said to be poisonous. 



81. Anemone quinquefolia L. Wind flower. Ranunculacece. 

 Found in shady mountain woods. Perhaps identical with the 



European A. nemerosa L. Poisonous to cattle. Well known medic- 

 inally. (Am. Journ. of Pharm. 34: 300, 1862, and 45: 299, 1873.) 

 Other species of anemone are cultivated in the State. 



82. Angelica hendersoni, C. and R,, A. tomentosa, Wats, and the 

 varieties elata and californica. Umbelliferce. 



These require further study. The Indians as well as whites use 

 angelica root as a valued remedy and talisman. Chewed and rubbed 

 on, the root is said to prevent as well as to cure rattlesnake bites. It 

 is given in colic, catarrh and colds, for sore eyes, etc. The fresh 

 sprouts are eaten. 



83. Angelica sp. (?) Umbelliferw. 



An unknown species growing on the Sierra Gorda ; has strongly 

 aromatic roots and is said to be very useful medicinally. Young 

 shoots are eaten. (Contrib. II. S. Nat. Herb. 7: (No. Ill) 371.) 



84. Anhalonium lewini Henning. Cactus. Pellote. Cactacece. 

 Native of Mexico, said to be a powerful cardiac and respiratory 



stimulant, used in angina pectoris and asthmatic dyspnoea. 



Several other species of Anhalonium have been used by Mexicans 

 and Indians. The top of the branch of A. lewini constitutes the 

 "mescal button" used by the Kiowa Indians of the Rio Grande to 

 produce intoxication during some of their religious ceremonies. The 

 cerebral manifestations due to this stinmlant are extraordinary visual 

 hallucinations, visions of infinite beauty, grandeur and loftiness, alter- . 

 nating with visions of monsters and other gruesome forms. There are 

 also remarkable color hallucinations. The intoxication is not unlike 

 that produced by Indian hemp. 



