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1896] POPULAR AMERICAN PLANT-NAMES 483 
Opuntia Engelmanni, Salm., prickly-pear cactus, Ariz. 
Opuntia frutescens, rat-tail cactus, Ariz. 
Opuntia fulgida, Engelm., straw cactus, Ariz. 
FICOIDE®. 
Mollugo verticillata, L., devil’s grip, No. Berwick, Me. 
UMBELLIFERZ. 
Cicuta maculata, L., snake weed. 
Daucus carota, L., bird’s nest, Penobscot County, Me. 
Daucus pusillus, Michx., rattlesnake-bite cure, yerba del vibora 
(Span.), Cal. 
Erigenia bulbosa, Nutt., turkey pea, pepper and salt, Ind.? 
Eryngium Leavenworthii, T. and G., briery thistle, Waco, Tex. 
Hydrocotyle Americana, L., penny post, West. 
Osmorhiza longistylis, DC., sweet anise,® Sulphur Grove, Ohio. 
Osmorhiza brevistylis and O. longistylis, DC., sweet jarvil, Hartford, 
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Peucedanum ambiguum, Nutt., kouse root, bread and biscuit,* Cal. 
ARALIACE. 
Aralia hispida, Vent., pigeon berry, Oxford County, Me. 
Aralia nudicaulis, L., sasapril or sasafril, Me. 
saxapril and sasafafarilla, Bath, Me. 
Aralia racemosa, L., old man’s root, spikenard, Oxford County, Me. 
Araha trifolia, Decsne. and Planch., ground nut, Oxford County, Me. 
CORNACE. 
Cornus alternifolia, L. f., green osier, Paris, Me. 
Cornus sericea, L., red willow, Mo. 
red brush, Morgan County, Mo. 
squaw bush, West. 
CAPRIFOLIACE. 
Diervilla trifida, Moench, life-of-man, Oak Bay, N. B. 
Lonicera ciliata, Muhl., medaddybush, Weld, Me. 
Sambucus Canadensis, L., sweet elder, West. 
Sambucus pubens, poison elder, Oxford County, Me. 
‘ Name given by section-hands along the railroad, because the plant is so hard 
to eradicate, ; | 
2 Eaten by children and fowls. Called “ pepper and salt ” from the white peta Ss 
~ dark stamens 
: Odor and taste like true sweet anise. 
Made into bread by the Indians. 
