32 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Fraxinus sambucifolia Lain. Same as Fraxinus nigra. 



Fringe-tree. See Chionanthus birginica. 



Frost-plant. See Helianthemum canadense. 



Frostweed. See Helianthemum canadense. 



Frostwort. See Helianthemum canadense. 



Fuller' s-herb. See Saponaria officinalis. 



Fumaria officinalis L. Poppy family (Papaveraceae). 



Fumitory; hedge-fumitory; earth-smoke. 



Annual plant, 10 to 15 inches high, adventive from Europe and found in waste 

 places about dwellings, in cultivated land, and on ballast, Nova Scotia to the 

 Gulf States. 



Part used. — Herb ( nonofficial ) . 

 Fumitory. See Fumaria officinalis. 

 Fumitory, hedge-. See Fumaria officinalis. 



Gagroot. See Lobelia inflata. 

 Gale, sweet. See Myrica gale. 



Galium aparine L. Madder family (BubiaceaeK 



Cleavers; goose-grass; cleaver wort; bedstraw; catch weed. 



Annual plant, with weak, procumbent stem, 2 to 6 feet long, growing in shady 

 thickets and margins of woods, New Brunswick south to Florida and Texas. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 

 Part used. — Herb of this and of other species of Galium (nonofficial). 

 Gallweed. See Gentiana quinquefolia. 

 Garden-balm. See Melissa officinalis. 

 Garden-celandine. See Chelidonium majus. 

 Garden-columbine. See Aquilegia vulgaris. 

 Garden-valerian. See Valeriana officinalis. 

 Garget. See Phytolacca decandra. 



Gaultheria procumbens L. Heath, family (Ericaceae"). 



AVintergreen; checkerberry; mountain-tea; teaberry; deerberry. 

 Small, native perennial, with evergreen leaves, found in sandy soils in cool, 

 damp woods, especially under evergreen trees, in Canada and the northeastern 

 United States. 

 Part used. — Leaves (nonofficial) ; the oil of gaultheria, distilled from the leaves, 

 is official. 



Gay-feather. See Lacinaria scariosa and L. spicata. 



Gelsemium. See Gelsemium sempervirens. 



Gelsemium sempervirens (L. ) Ait. f. Logania family (Loganiaceae) . 



Gelsemium; yellow jasmine; Carolina jasmine; wild woodbine. 



Twining, shrubby perennial, native, growing on low ground in woods and 

 thickets from eastern Virginia to Florida and Texas, mostly near the coast. 



Parts used. — Rhizome and roots (official). 

 Gemfruit. See Tiarella cordifolia. 

 Gentian, American. See Gentiana saponaria. 

 Gentian, blue. See Gentiana saponaria. 

 Gentian, five-flowered. See Gentiana quinquefolia. 

 Gentian, horse-. See Triosteum perfoliatum. 

 Gentian, marsh-. See Gentiana villosa. 

 Gentian, snake-. See Nabalus serpentarius. 



