ISO 
FIFTEENTH REPORT. 
370. Scrophularia leporella, Bicknell. Figwort. Carpenter’s Square- 
Open woods. Occasional. 
The leaves of this and other species of the genus are known in 
commerce as Carpenter’s Square and are employed as a diuretic 
and alterative in diseases of the skin and liver and in dropsy. 
371. Chelone glabra, Lin. Balmonv. 
Swamps. Frequent. 
The leaf is a commercial drug and is employed as a tonic and 
cathartic in jaundice, liver troubles, and disorders of the digestive 
organs. 
372. Pentstemon hirsutus (Lin.) Willd. Beard Tongue. 
Dry grounds. Common. 
373. Pentstemon hirsutus (Lin.) Willd. forma albiflorus. 
Flowers pure white. 
With the species. Occasional. 
374. Mimulus ringens, Lin. Monkey Flower. 
Swamps. Common. 
375. Veronica arvensis, Lin. Corn Speedwell. 
Dry grounds. Common. 
376. Veronica Virginica, Lin. Culver’s Root. 
Open woods and swamps. Common. 
The rhizome and root is a commercial drug and is official as 
Leptandra. Employed as a cathartic and to prevent the return of 
intermittent fever after having been broken up by quinine. 
Order XXXII. Plantaginales. 
Familv 74. Plantaginaceae. 
377. Plantago arista ta, Mx. Plantain. 
Dry barren grounds. Common. 
378. Plantago lanceolata, Lin. English Plantain, Rib Grass. 
Whole plant strongly hirsute. 
Fields and pastures. Common. 
370. Plantago lanceolata Lin. Var. irrigua, D. C. 
A form of the species that is glabrate or only sparsely hirsute- 
Waste places. Common. 
380. Plantago major. Lin. Plantain. 
381. Plantago Rugeli, Dene. Plantain. 
Waste places and low grounds. Common. 
The leaves of 1*. major and P. Rugeli constitute a commercial 
drug, which is employed as an alterative, diuretic, and haemostatic 
in diarrhoea, kaematuria, etc. 
Order XXXIII. Rubiales. 
family 75. Aparinaceae. 
382. Houstonia longi folia, Gaertn. Bluets. 
Dry fields. Frequent. 
383. Mitch el la repens, Lin. Partridge Berry. 
Open woods. Frequent. 
The plant is a commercial drug under the name of Squaw 
Vine, and is employed as a diuretic and astringent in dropsy, 
diarrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, etc. 
384. Galium Aparine, Line. Cleavers. 
Open woods, etc. Frequent. 
A commercial drug and employed as a diuretic in dropsy, 
jaundice, and scrofula. 
