48 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Monarcta punctata L. Mint family Menthaceae . 



Horsemint. 



Native, perennial herb. 2 to 3 feet high, found in dry. sandy fields from New 

 York to Florida, west to Wisconsin and Texas. 



Part used. — Herb (nonofficial |. 

 Monotropa unifiora L. Indian-pipe family Monotropaceae ). 



Indian-pipe: fit-plant; fitroot; ghostflower; pipe-plant. 



A curious plant, white in all its parts, growing in rich, moist woods from Canada 

 to Florida, westward to Washington and California. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial . 

 Moonseed, Canada. See Menispermum canad* 

 Moose-elm. See Ulmusfulva. 



Mo sew 1. See Dirca. palustris. 



fortification-root. See Althaea officinalis. 



Moss, clnb-. See Lycopodium clavatum. 



Moss, haircap-. See Polytrichwm juniperinum. 



Motherwort. See Leonurus cardial 



Mountain-ash. American. See v s imericana. 



Mountain-balm. 3 diet von californicum. 



Mountain-laurel. See Kahnia latifolia. 



Mountain-magnolia. See Magnolia acuminata. 



Mountain-mint. See Monarda didyma. 



Mountain-mint, hairy. See KoeUia pil - 



Mountain-mint, thin-leaved. See KoeUia montana. 



Mountain-sumac. See Sorbus americ 



Mountain-tea. See GfauUheria procumbi - 



Mouse-ear. See Gnaphalium uliginosum. 



Mouthroot. See Coptis trifolia. 



Mugwort, common. See Artemisia vulga -. 



Mullein. Set- Yerbascum thapsus. 



Musquash-root. See Cicuta maculata. 



Mustard, black. See Brassica nigra. 



Mustard, brown. See Brassica nigra. 



Mustard, red. See Brassica nigra. 



Mustard, white. See Sinapis alba. 



Mustard, yellow. See Sinapis alba. 



Myrica asplenifolia L. Same as Comptonia peregrina. 



Myrica cerifera L. Bayberry family Myricaceae . 



Bayberry: wax-myrtle: candleberry: waxberry. 



Grows in sandy swamps or wet woods from Florida and Texas northward to 

 Maryland. In the South it is a small evergreen tree, becoming in its north- 

 ward range a tall, semi-deciduous shrub, or a dwarfed and deciduous shrub. 



Parts used. — Bark of root, leaves, and berries (nonoffi< 

 Myrica gale L. Bayberry family Myricaceae . 



Sweet gale: Dutch myrtle: bog-myrtle: golden osier. 



Indigenous shrub, growing in swamps and along streams from Canada and 

 Alaska to Virginia and Washington. 



Parts used. — Leaves and buds ( nonofficial). 



