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Asclepias tuberosa, Lin. Pleurisy Root. 
Fields. Frequent. 
The root is a commercial drug and was official under the name 
of Asclepias. As the name indicates, it is used in pleurisy, also in 
other troubles of the respiratory organs. 
Order XXXI. Polemoniales. 
Family 67. Convolvulaceae. 
Convolvulus Americanos (Sims) Greene. Bindweed. 
Marl bogs. Occasional. 
Family 68. Polemoniaceae. 
Phlox divaricata, Lin. Phlox. 
Rich woods. Common. 
Family 60. Boraginaceae. 
Cynoglossuiu officinale, Lin. Hounds Tongue. 
Dry grounds. Frequent. 
The leaf is a commercial drug and is employed as an anodyne, 
demulcent, and astringent in disorders of the mucous membranes. 
Lappula Virgin iana (Lin.) Greene. Strickseed. 
Open woods. Common. 
Lithospermum arvense, Lin. Corn Gromwell. 
Waste places. Common. 
Lithospermum canescens (Mx.) Lehin. Puccoon. 
Hillsides. Frequent. 
Family 70. Yerbenaceae. 
Verl>ena hastata, Lin. Blue Vervain. 
Fields. Common. 
A commercial drug. Both root and leaves are used as a tonic, 
emetic, expectorant, and sudorific in colds, and other similar 
troubles. 
Verbena urticifolia, Lin. White Vervain. 
Fields, etc. Common. 
The root is a commercial drug and is employed in intermittent 
and remittent fevers. 
Family 71. Labiaceae. 
Scutellaria lateriflora. Lin. Skullcap. 
Low grounds. Occasional. 
The herb is a commercial drug and is official as Scutellaria. 
Generally used as a tonic, nervine, and antispasmodic in chorea, 
convulsions, tremors and nerve affections generally. 
Prunella vulgaris, Lin. Heal All. 
Low grounds. Common. 
Prunella vulgaris, Lin., Yar. albiflora (Bogenhard). 
Flowers pure white. 
Wef grounds. Occasional. 
Leonurus Cardiaca, Lin. Motherwort. 
Waste grounds. Common. 
The herb is a commercial drug and is employed as an emmena- 
gogue and nervine in suppressed secretions. 
Stachvs tcnuifolia, Wilhl., Yar. aspera (Mx.) Fernald. Hedge 
Nettle. 
Wet grounds. Frequent. 
