14 WILD MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Athyrium filix-foemina (L. ) Eoth. Fern family (Polypodiaceae). 



Synonym. — Asplenium fillx-foemina (L. ) Bernh. 



Backache-brake; female-fern; lady-fern. 



Native fern, with leaves 1 to 3 feet long; in woods and thickets, Canada to 

 Alaska, southward to Florida and Arizona. 



Part used. — Rhizome (noaemcial). 

 Avens, purple. See Geum rivale. 

 Avens, water-. See Geum rivale. 



Backache-brake. See Athyrium filix-foemina. 



Backache-root. See Lacinaria spicata. 



Balm. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm, bee-. See Monarda didyma. 



Balm, field-. See Glecoma hederacea. 



Balm, garden-. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm, horse-. See Collinsonia canadensis. 



Balm, lemon-. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm, mountain-. See Eriodictyon californicum. 



Balm, scarlet. See Monarda didyma. 



Balm, sweet. See Melissa officinalis. 



Balm-of-Gilead. See Populus candicans. 



Balmony. See Chelone glabra. 



Balsam, sweet. See Gnaphalium obtusifolium. 



Balsam tree, Canada. See Abies balsamea. 



Balsam, white. See Gnaphalium obtusifolium. 



Balsam-fir. See Abies balsamea. 



Bamboo-brier. See Smilax pseudo-china. 



Baneberry, red. See Actaea rubra. 



Baneberry, white. See Actaea alba. 



Baptisia tinctoria (L. ) R. Br. Pea family (Fabaceae). 



Wild indigo; yellow indigo; American indigo; indigo- weed; horsefly- weed. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, growing in dry, poor soil from Maine 

 to Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



Parts used. — Root and leaves (nonofhcial). 

 Barberry, holly-leaved. See Berberis aquifolium. 

 Bardane. See Arctium lappa. 

 Basswood. See Tilia americana. 

 Bay, rose-. See Rhododendron maximum. 

 Bay, sweet. See Magnolia virginiana. 

 Bay, white. See Magnolia virginiaua. 

 Bayberry. See Myrica cerifera. 

 Bean, bog-. See Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Bean, buck-. See Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Bean, hog's-. See Hyoscyamus niger. 

 Bearberry. See Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. 

 Bearberry-tree. See Rhamnus purshiana. 

 Bear's-foot, yellow. See Polymnia uvedalia. 



