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PHARMACAL PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE. 
374. Fraxinus oregana Nutt. Oregon ash. Oleacece. 
Indians apply the fresh mashed roots to wounds, especially to 
wounds received in bear hunts. (Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7 : (No. 3) 
378.) 
375. Fremontia calif ornica Torr. California slippery elm. Moun- 
tain leatherwood. Sterculiacece. 
Abundant in the southern Sierra. Bark has demulcent properties ; 
used in poultices, etc. (U. S. Geog. Surv., Wheeler’s Report, Bot. 
6:41.) 
376. Fritillaria lanceolata Pursh. Liliaccce. 
Cultivated as ornamental plants. The bulbs are eaten. Other 
species occur in the State. They recpiire further study. Apparently 
of food value only. 
377. Fritillaria pudica Sprengel. Liliacece. 
Bulbs were formerly eaten by Indians, but now only in time of 
scarcity of food. 
378. Fucus species. Bladder wracks. Algce. 
Demulcent properties in common with other seaweed. Also used 
as food by Indians. The dried stipes of several species of Laminaria 
were formerly much used as uterine tents. 
379. Fumaria officinalis L. Fumitory. Fumariacece. 
A common European cultivated plant. Extensive popular medic- 
inal use. Laxative and tonic ; increases secretion of bile. Leaves used 
in scorbutic affections and in eruptive diseases. (U. S. Disp.) 
380. Galega officinalis L. Goat’s rue. Leguminosce. 
A native of southern Europe, readily cultivated. Was at one time 
extensively employed in malignant fevers, the plague, for snake bite, 
worms, etc. Now rarely used. 
381. Galium aparine L. Bed straw. Goose grass. Rubiacece. 
A cold infusion forms a popular cooling drink in fevers. 
382. Galium triflorum Miclix. Sweet scented bed straw. Rubiacece. 
The plant has the fragrance of the European Asperula odorata. A 
decoction is much used as a spring tonic (“May-drink”). 
383. Garcinia mangostana L. Mangosteen. Guttiferce. 
Naturalized in the western portions of Jamaica. Cultivated in 
southern Florida. This highly valued fruit tree could no doubt be 
cultivated in the southern portions of the State. Fruit very delicious, 
about the size and form of the orange. The resinous juice is purga- 
tive and yields a pigment. 
