18 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Calycanthus floridus L. Same as Butneria florida. 



Camomile, fetid. See Anthemis cotula. 



Canada balsam tree. See Abies balsamea. 



Canada-root. See Asdepias tuberosa. ~ 



Cancerroot. See Leptamnium virginianum. 



Candleberry. See Myrica cerifera. 



Cane-ash. See Fraxinus americana. 



Cankerroot. See Coptis trifolia and Limonium carolinianum. 



Canker-weed. See Nabalus serpentarius. 



Canker-weed, white. See Nabalus albus. 



Cankerwort, See Taraxacum officinale. 



Canoewood. See Liriodendron tidipifera. 



Capsella bursa-pastoris Medic. Same as Bursa bursa-pastoris. 



Cardinal, red. See Lobelia cardinalis. 



Cardinal-flower. See Lobelia cardinalis. 



Cardinal-flower, blue. See Lobelia siphilitica. 



Carduus arvensis (L.) Robs. Aster family (Asteraceae) . 



Synonym. — Cirsium arvense Scop. 



Canada thistle; creeping thistle; cursed thistle. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high; growing in cultivated fields, pastures, and waste 

 places from Newfoundland to Virginia, west to Minnesota and Nebraska. A 

 bad weed, introduced from Europe. 



Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Carduus bencdictus Auct. Same as Cnicus benediclus. 

 Carpenter' s-square. See Scrophularia marilandica. 

 Carrion-flower. See Smilax herbacea. 

 Carrot, wild. See Daucus carota. 

 Carya alba Nutt. Same as Hicoria ovata. 

 Cascara sagrada. See Rhamnus purshiana. 

 Cassia marilandica L. Senna family (Caesalpiniaceae). 



American senna; wild senna; locust-plant. 



Native, perennial herb; in swamps and wet soil, New England to Florida, west 

 to Louisiana and Nebraska. 



Part used.. — Leaves (nonofficial). 

 Castalia odorata (Dryand.) -Woody. & Wood. 



"Water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae). 



Synonym. — Nymphaea odorata Dryand. 



White pond-lily; water-lily; sweet-scented water-lily. 



Indigenous, aquatic herb; perennial; in ponds, marshes, and sluggish streams, 

 from Canada to Florida and Louisiana. 



Part used. — Rhizome (nonofficial). 

 Castanea. See' Castanea dentata. 

 Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. Beech family (Fagaceae). 



Castanea; chestnut; American chestnut. 



A large, spreading tree, occurring in rich woods from Maine to Michigan, south 

 to Tennessee. Especially abundant in the Allegheny region. Native. 



Part used.— -Leaves (official in U. S. P. 1890). 

 Catchweed. See Galium aparine. 

 Catfoot. See Glecoma hederacea. 



