APLECTRUM HYEMALE ARCHANGELICA ATROPURPUREA. 11 



Aplectrum hyemale Nutt. Same as Aplectrum spicatum. 



Aplectrum spicatum (Walt.) B. S, P. Orchid family (Orchidaceae). 



Synonym. — Aplectrum hyemale Nutt. 

 Adam-and-Eve; putty -root. 

 Native herb, perennial, 1 to 2 feet high; in rich woods and swamps from Canada 



to Georgia and California. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial) . 

 Apocynum. See Apocynum cannabinum. 



Apocynum androsaemifolium L. Dogbane family ( Apocynaceae) . 



Bitterroot; spreading dogbane; honeybloom. 



Perennial herb, 1 to 4 feet high, native in fields and thickets from Canada south 

 to Georgia and Arizona. . The most common species in Canada and the North- 

 eastern States. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Apocynum cannabinum L. Dogbane family (Apocynaceae). 



Apocynum; Canadian hemp; black Indian hemp; amy-root. 

 Perennial herb, 2 to 3 feet high, native in moist ground and borders of fields 



throughout the United States. 

 Part used. — Rhizome of this or of closely allied species of Apocynum (official). 

 Apple, custard-. See Asimina triloba. 

 Apple, May-. See Podophyllum peltatum. 

 Apple, thorn-. See Datura, stramonium. 

 Apple-of-Peru. See Datura stramonium. 

 Aquilegia canadensis L. See under Aquilegia vulgaris. 



Aquilegia vulgaris L. Crowfoot family (Ranunculaceae) . 



European columbine; garden-columbine. 



Perennial herb, with showy flowers. Naturalized from Europe, and well known 

 in cultivation; escaped from gardens into woods and fields; frequent in the 

 Eastern and Middle States. The wild columbine {Aquilegia canadensis L.) , 

 occurring in rocky woods throughout Canada and the eastern United States, 

 is said to possess properties similar to those of the European columbine. 

 Part used. — Herb (nonofficial). 

 Aralia hispida Vent. Ginseng family (Araliaceae). 



Dwarf elder; wild elder; bristly sarsaparilla. 

 Erect, leafy perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, native in sandy woods and fields from 



Labrador south to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Indiana. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Aralia nudicaulis L. Ginseng family (Araliaceae). 



American sarsaparilla; wild sarsaparilla; false sarsaparilla; Virginian sarsapa- 

 rilla; small spikenard. 

 Herbaceous perennial, native, growing in moist woods from Newfoundland west 



to Manitoba and south to North Carolina and Missouri. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Aralia racemosa L. Ginseng family (Araliaceae). 



Indian-root; spikenard; American spikenard; spignet. 

 Herbaceous perennial, native, 3 to 6 feet high, growing in rich woods and rocky 



places from Canada to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Missouri. 

 Part used. — Root (nonofficial). 

 Arbor- vitae. See Thuja occidentalis. 

 Arbutus, trailing. See Epigaea rep ens. 

 Archangelica atropurpurea Hoffm. Same as Angelica atropurpurea. 



