PULSATILLA HIBSUTISSIMA RATTLESNAKE-HEBB. 57 



Pulsatilla hirsutissima (Pursh) Brittou. . Crowfoot family Ranunculaceaeb 



Synonym. — Anemone patens var. nuttalliana A. (Tray. 



American pasqueflower; American Pulsatilla. 



Native, perennial herb, 6 to 16 inches high, found in the prairie regions of Illi- 

 nois, west to the Rocky Mountains and the Northwest. 



Part used. — Flowering herb (nonomcial). 

 Purging-root. See Euphorbia coroUata. 

 Purslane, black. See Euphorbia nutans. 

 Purslane, milk-. See Euphorbia nutans. 

 Pussy-willow. See Salix nigra. 

 Putty-root. See Aplectrum spicatum. 



Pycnanthemum montanum Michx. Same as KoeUia montana. 

 Pycnanihemum pilosum Nutt. Same as KoeUia pilosa. 

 Pyramid-flower. See Frasera carolinensis. 



Pyrethrum parthenium Smith. Same as Chrysanthemum parthenium. 

 Pyrus americana DC. Same as Sorbus americana. 



Quack-grass. See Agropyron repens. 



Queen- Anne' s-lace. See Daucus carota. 



Queen-of-the-meadow. See Eupatorium purpureum. 



Queen' s-delight. See Stillingia sylvatica. 



Queensland asthma-weed. See Euphorbia pilulifera. 



Queen's-root. See Stillingia sylvatica. 



Quercus. See Quercus alba. 



Quercus alba L. Beech, family I Fag/aceae). 



Quercus; white oak; stone-oak. 



Large, indigenous forest tree, 50 to 100 feet in height, in woods from Maine to 

 Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. More abundant in the Middle States. 



Part used. —Bark, "collected from trunks or branches 10 to 25 years of age, and 

 deprived of the periderm" (official). 



Quercus rubra L. Beech, family I Fag-aceae"). 



Red oak: champion-oak; Spanish oak. 



Large, wide-spreading, indigenous forest tree, about 70 feet in height, from Nova 

 Scotia to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. More common in the 

 Northern States and in Canada. 



Part used. — Bark (nonomcial). 

 Quinine-flower. See Sabbatia elliottii. 

 Quinine-herb. See Sabbatia elliottii. 

 Quinine-plant. See Sabbatia elliottii. 

 Quiverleaf. See Papula* tremuloides. 



Ragged-cup. See Silphium perfoliaium. 

 Ragweed. See Ambrosia artemisiaefolia. 

 Ragwort, golden. See Senecio aureus. 

 Raspberry, black. See Rubus occidentalis. 

 Raspberry, ground-. See Hydrastis canadensis. 

 Raspberry, wild red. See Pubus strigosus. 

 Rattle-root. See Cimicifugaracemosa. 

 Rattlesnake-herb. See Actaea alba and A. rubra. 



