PHARMACAL PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. Ill 



457. Juglans species. Walnuts. Juglandacece. 



Juglans californica Wats. Is found in the interior. Other species 

 and varieties are extensively cultivated. (B. M. Long, California 

 Walnut Industry. State Board of Horticulture, Sacramento, 1896.) 



Juglans cinerea L. (butternut) (white walnut) is well known medic- 



fally ; introduced ; extensively cultivated in the eastern states. Yields 

 1. Cathartic. Tonic. (U. S. Disp.) 

 458. Juglans nigra L. Black walnut. Juglandacece. 

 Extensively cultivated in the eastern states. Leaves used in the 

 treatment of diphtheria. The decoction is used as a spray or as a 

 rgle or both. Green fruit pickled and preserved. (Proc. A. Ph. A. 

 :246, 1882.) 



459. Juniperus species and varieties. Junipers. Coniferce. 



The junipers require further systematic study. The fruit of some 

 iecies is used as a diuretic. The balsam is used medicinally and in 

 ie manufacture of varnish. The twigs made into tea valued as a 

 edy in malaria. 



460. Juniperus californica Carr. and variety utahensis Englm. 

 lifornia juniper. Coniferce. 



Fruit eaten by Indians, raw or made into a bread. 



461. Juniperus communis L. Juniper. Coniferce. 



Well known medicinally. Stimulant, diuretic, tonic, etc. (U. S. 

 Disp.) 



462. Juniperus occidentalis Hook. Coniferce. 



A decoction of the leaves used internally as a remedy for malaria, 

 kidney trouble, boils, headaches, and coughs. Indians use the pitch 

 to fasten the feathers to arrow shafts and rubbed into the shafts to 

 make them stronger and more elastic. Indians eat the berries. (U. S. 

 Disp.) 



463. Juniperus phcenicea L. Thus. Coniferce. 



Cultivated as an ornamental tree. Yielded the frankincense (oliba- 

 num) of the ancients. Olibanum was at one time considered a valu- 

 able stimulant, now rarely used internally. Inhaling the fumes of 

 the burning incense is useful in bronchitis and other pulmonary 

 troubles. Used as a substitute for balsam of tolu and in making 

 unofficial plasters. 



464. Kalmia angustifolia L. Narrow-leaf laurel. Ericacece. 

 Properties and uses as for K. latifolia. 



465. Kalmia latifolia L. Broad-leaf laurel. Ericacece. 



An eastern poisonous laurel, cultivated as an ornamental plant. 

 Used by the negroes of North Carolina, in the form of a wash, for 



