4o8 BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



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

 -plants have been successfully grown in an experimental way, as 

 Glycyrrhha glabra, Hyoscyamns niger, Papaver somniferum, 

 Cinnamomiun Camphora, Citrullus Colocynthis, Capsicum fastigi- 

 atum. Datura Tatiila, Scopolia Carniolica, Cassia angustifolia, 

 Convallaria majalis, Anacychis Pyrethrum, Chrysanthemum cin- 

 ■ erariifolium, Aristolochia Serpentaria, and Althcea oiKcinalis. 



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 (JBscidus glabra) ; the European horse- 

 chestnut {Msculus Hippocastanum) ; tree of heaven {Ailanthus 

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

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

 {Citrus species) ; dogwood (Cornus Horida) ; persimmon bark 

 (Diospyros virginicma) ; eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Globulus) ; red 

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

 inus americana) ; black ash bark (Fraxinus nigra) ; butternut 

 (Juglans cinerea) ; black walnut (Juglans nigra) ; juniper (Juni- 

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

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

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

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

 bark (Magnolia glauca) ; pride of China (Melia Azedarach) ; 

 ironwood (Ostrya virginiana) ; white pine (Pinus Strobus) ; bal- 

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

 uloides) ; wild cherry (Primus serotina) ; hop tree or wafer ash 

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

 bark (Pyrus Malus) ; white oak bark (Querctis alba) ; red oak 

 bark (Quercus rubra) ; black oak bark (Quercus velutina) ; white 

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



