44 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Lithospermum virginianum L. Same as Onosmodium virginianum. 



Liverleaf, heart-. See Hepatka acuta. 



Liverleaf, kidney-. See Hepatica hepatica. 



Liverleaf, round-lobed. See Hepatica hepatica. 



Liverleaf, sharp-lobed. See Hepatica acuta. 



Liver-lily. See Iris versicolor. 



Liverwort. See Hepatica acuta and H. hepatica. 



Lobelia. See Lobelia infiata. 



Lobelia, blue. See Lobelia syphilitica. 



Lobelia cardinalis L. Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). 



Cardinal-flower; red cardinal; red lobelia. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 4 feet high, with showy scarlet flowers; in moist 

 soil from British America south to Florida and Texas. 



Part used.— Herb (nonofficial). 

 Lobelia, great. See Lobelia siphilitica. 

 Lobelia infiata L. Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). 



Lobelia; Indian tobacco; gagroot; vomit wort; bladderpod. 



Native, annual, herbaceous plant, 1 to 3 feet high, poisonous; in dry soil, fields, 

 old pastures, and along roadsides from Canada to Georgia, Nebraska, and 

 Arkansas. 



Parts used. — Leaves and tops, collected after a portion of the capsules have 

 become inflated (official). The seeds are also used (nonofncial). 



Lobelia, red. See Lobelia cardinalis. 



Lobelia siphilitica L. Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). 



Blue cardinal-flower; great lobelia; blue lobelia; highbelia. 



Native, perennial herb, about 1 to 3 feet high, growing in moist soil from Ontario 

 to Georgia, west to Louisiana and the Dakotas. 



Part used. — Herb (nonofncial). 

 Locust, black. See Robinia pseudacacia. 

 Locust, yellow. See Robinia pseudacacia. 

 Locust-plant. See Cassia marilandica. 

 Locust-tree. See Robinia pseudacacia. 

 Lycopodium. See Lycopodium clavatum. 

 Lycopodium clavatum L. Club-moss family (Lycopodiaceae). 



Lycopodium; club-moss; stag's-horn. 



Native perennial, with trailing stem, growing in dry situations in woods from 

 Canada to North Carolina, Michigan, and Washington. 



Part used. — Spores of this or of other species of Lycopodium (official). 

 Lycopus virginicus L. Mint family (Menthaceae). 



Bugleweed; sweet bugle; water-bugle; gypsy-weed; water-hoarhound. 



Indigenous, perennial herb, 10 to 20 inches in height; in wet, shady places from 

 Canada to Florida, Missouri, and Nebraska, 



Part used. — Herb ( nonofficial ) . 



Madweed. See Scutellaria lateriflora. 



Magnolia acuminata L. Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae). 



Cucumber-tree; mountain-magnolia; blue magnolia. 



Native tree, 60 to 80 feet in height, occurring in the mountainous regions from 

 New York to Georgia. More abundant in the Southern States. 



Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 

 Magnolia, blue. See Magnolia acuminata. 



