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Catgut. See Cracca virginiana. 



Catmint. See Nepeta cataria. 



Catnip. See Nepeta cataria. 



Cattail, broad-leaved. See Typha latifolia. 



Cattail-flag. See Typha latifolia. 



Caulophyllum. See Caulophyllum thalictroides. 



Caulophyllum thalictroides (L. ) Michx. Barberry family (Berberidaceae). 



Caulophyllum; blue cohosh; squawroot; papoose-root. 



Native, perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high; found in rich, -shady woods from New 

 Brunswick to South Carolina, westward to Nebraska; abundant throughout 

 the Allegheny Mountain region. 



Parts used. — Khizome and roots (official in U. S. P. 1890) . 

 Ceanothus americanus L. Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). 



Jersey tea; New Jersey tea; redroot. 



A native shrub, growing in dry, open woods from Canada to Florida and Texas. 



Parts used. — Eoot, root-bark, and leaves (nonofficial). 

 Cedar, red. See Juniperus virginiana. 

 Cedar, shrubby red. See Juniperus sabina. 

 Cedar, white. See Thuja occidentalis. 

 Cedar, yellow. See Thuja occidentalis. 

 Celandine. See Chelidonium majus. 

 Celandine, garden-. See Chelidonium majus. 

 Celandine, great, See Chelidonium majus. 

 Celandine, wild. See Impatiens aurea. 

 Celastrus scandens L. Staff-tree family (Celastraceae ) . 



False bittersweet; staff-tree; waxwork; fevertwig. 



An indigenous, twining, woody vine; in rich, damp soil, woods, and thickets, 

 Ontario to Manitoba, south to North Carolina and New Mexico. 



Part used. — Bark of plant and of root (nonofficial). 

 Centaurea benedicta L. Same as Cnicus benedictus. 

 Centaury, American. See Sabbatia angularis. 

 Centaury, ground-. See Polygala nuttallii. 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Madder family (Rubiaceae). 



Buttonbush; button-tree; buttonwood-shrub; globeflower. 



•Indigenous shrub, 6 to 12 feet high; in swamps and damp places, Canada to 

 Florida and California. 



Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 

 Cercis canadensis L. Senna family (Caesalpiniaceae). 



Judas-tree; redbucl. 



Small, native tree, growing in rich soil from New Jersey to Minnesota, south to 

 Florida and Texas. 



Part used. — Bark of root (nonofficial). 

 Chamaelirium luteum ( L. ) A. Gray. Bunchflower family (Melanthiaceae). 



Synonym. — Helonias dioica Pursh. 



True (not false) unicorn-root; a blazingstar; starwort; drooping starwort, 



Slender, perennial herb, about 2 feet high ; native in moist meadows and thickets 



from Massachusetts to Michigan, south to Florida and Arkansas. 

 Part used. — Rhizome (nonofficial). 



a The name " unicorn-root " was first applied to Chamaelirium luteum, and the designation " trne 

 unicorn-root " would seem to belong more properly to that species than to Aletris farinosa, to which 

 the name unicorn-root was given later, and which may thus be called "false unicorn-root." 



