Sedatives.
VERONICA OFFICINALIS
(Ind. Ca-wish-hubel)
American Speedwell.
MENTHA SPICATA
(Ind. Ga-vish-ho-ba-jat)
American Garden Spearmint. Habitat, the lower marshy coastal regions.
ILYSANTHUS BRACHIATUS
(Ind. Samat-hubel)
American Mountain False Pennyroyal.
MENTHA CANADENSIS
(Ind. Samat)
Both Ilysanthus (above) and Mentha Canadensis inhabit the high mid-coastal ranges and are frequently found lining the borders of mountain streams in beautiful settings of wild ferns. (American Mint)
MICROMERIA DOUGLASII
(Ind. Ya-mish-hubel)
Mint Family. A rare plant and found only in a few localities on the mid-coastal ranges, as in Orange County, San Juan Capistrano, at Hot Springs, situated on the southern slopes of the Trabuco mountains, Los Angeles County, Fish Canyon, Pasadena in Santa Barbara County, the heavy woodlands of Montecito Valley and in the Old Spanish Grand Rancho, San Leandro. It is also found northward as far as San Francisco at Angel Islands. The infusion was taken to soothe the nervous system in cases of insomnia.