66 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Solanum dulcamara L. Potato family (Solanaceae). 



Dulcamara; bittersweet; woody nightshade; violet-bloom; scarletberry. 



Climbing, shrubby perennial, naturalized from Europe; found in low, damp 

 grounds and moist banks, New Brunswick to Minnesota, south to New Jersey 

 and Kansas. 



Part used. — Young branches (official in U. 8. P. 1890). 

 Solidag-o odora Ait. Aster family (Asteraceae). 



Sweet goldenrod; fragrant-leaved goldenrod; anise-scented goldenrod. 



Slender, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native; in dry soil from Maine to Texas. 



Parts med. — Leaves and tops (nonofficial). 

 Solomon' s-seal, false. See Vagnera racemom. 

 Solomon' s-seal, giant. See Polygonatum commutatum. 

 Solomon' s-seal, great. See Polygonatum commutatum. 

 Solomon' s-seal, hairy. See Polygonatum biflorum. 

 Solomon' s-seal, small. See Vagnera racemosa. 

 Solomon' s-seal, smaller. See Polygonatum biflorum. 

 Solomon' s-seal, smooth. See Polygonatum commutatum. 

 Sorbus americana Marsh. Apple family (Malaceae). 



Synonym. — Pyrus americana DC. 



American mountain-ash; round wood; dogberry; mountain-sumac; American 

 service-tree. 



Indigenous tree or tall shrub, growing in low woods or moist ground from New- 

 foundland south along the mountains to North Carolina, and to Michigan. 



Parts used. — Bark and berries (nonofficial). 

 Sorrel, common. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sorrel, field-. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sorrel, sheep-. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sorrel, white wood-. See Oxalis acetosella. 

 Sorrel-tree. See Oxydendrum arboreum. 

 Sour-grass. See Rumex acetosella. 

 Sourwood. See Oxydendrum arboreum. 

 Southernwood. See Artemisia abrotanum. 

 Spathyema foetida (L. ) Raf. Arum family (Araceae). 



Synonyms. — Dracontium foetidum L. ; Symplocarpusfoetidus Nutt. 



Skunk-cabbage; skunkvveed; polecat-weed; swamp-cabbage. 



Indigenous, perennial herb, about 1 to 2 feet high, "found in swamps and wet 

 soil from Canada south to Florida, Iowa, and Minnesota. Appears very early 

 in spring. 



Parts used. — Rhizome and roots (nonofficial). 

 Spatter-dock. See Nymphaea advena. 

 Spearmint. See Mentha spicata. 

 Speedwell, common. See Veronica officinalis. 

 Speedwell, tall. See Veronica vlrginica, 

 Spicebush. See Benzoin benzoin. 

 Spice wood. See Benzoin benzoin. 

 Spigelia. See Spigelia marilaudica. 



