100 PHARMACAL PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



356. Euphorbia species. Spurge. Euphorbiacece. 



Introduced and native species are common. Some are poisonous 

 and some of the native species are used as food. They have diapho- 

 retic and emetic properties. 



357. Euphorbia albomarginata T. and G. Euphorbiacece. 



This species, as well as E. ocellata and E. serpyllifolia, are used as 

 rattlesnake-bite remedies. 



358. Euphorbia corallata L. Large flowering spurge. Euphorbi- 

 acece. 



Well known medicinally. Can be grown anywhere in sandy soil. 

 Diaphoretic, expectorant and cathartic. Emetic in large doses. 



359. Euphorbia glytosperma Engl. Spurge. Euphorbiacece. 

 Poisonous. Requires study. 



360. Euphorbia ipecacuanha L. Ipecac spurge. Euphorbiacece. 

 Well known medicinally. May be grown anywhere in the United 



States. (U. S. Disp.) 



361. Euphorbia lathyris L. Caper spurge. Euphorbiacece. 



A common plant of California, found in gardens and fields. Milky 

 juice poisonous. Seeds very poisonous. Diaphoretic, purgative, 

 emetic. (Proc. A. Ph. A. 30 : 250, 1882.) 



362. Euphorbia marginata Pursh. Snow-on-the-mountain. Eu- 

 phorbiacece. 



Native of the western plains, a common weed. The nectar of the 

 flowers is poisonous and the honey made from the flowers is poisonous, 

 detected by the hot, acrid taste. The milky juice produces skin erup- 

 tions not unlike those by Rhus poisoning. Requires further study. 



363. Euphorbia ocellata D. and H. Euphorbiacece. 



Used as a remedy for snake bite. (University correspondence, Dept. 

 of Botany, Univ. Calif.) 



364. Eurotia lanata Moq. Winter sage. Chenopodiacece. 



Said to be useful in intermittent fever. (Calif. Geol. Surv. Bot. 

 2:56.) 



365. Evernia vulpina Ach. Wolf's moss. Yellow moss. Lichenes. 

 Used by Indians to dry up sores and to relieve rheumatism. Also 



used for dyeing purposes and as packing material. A typical western 

 lichen. No longer considered of any value medicinally. 



366. Exogonium purga Benth. (Ipomoea jalapa Nutt). Jalap. 

 Convolvulacece. 



Well-known purgative. Can be cultivated in portions of the State. 



