. Bulletin. Agriculture. 12 AMEEICAN MEDICINAL LEAVES AND HEKBS. WITCH-HAZEL. Hamamelis virginiana L. Phannacnpoeml name.—Hamamolidis folia. Other common names.—Snapping hazel, winterbloom, wych-hazel, striped alder, spotted alder, tobacco wood. Habitat and range.—The home of this native shrub is in low damp woods from New Bruns\\'ick to Minnesota and south to Florida and Texas. Description.—This shrub, while it may grow to 25 feet in height, is more frequently found reaching a height of only 8 to 15 feet, its crooked stem and long forking branches covered with smoothish brown bark sometimes w
. Bulletin. Agriculture. 12 AMEEICAN MEDICINAL LEAVES AND HEKBS. WITCH-HAZEL. Hamamelis virginiana L. Phannacnpoeml name.—Hamamolidis folia. Other common names.—Snapping hazel, winterbloom, wych-hazel, striped alder, spotted alder, tobacco wood. Habitat and range.—The home of this native shrub is in low damp woods from New Bruns\\'ick to Minnesota and south to Florida and Texas. Description.—This shrub, while it may grow to 25 feet in height, is more frequently found reaching a height of only 8 to 15 feet, its crooked stem and long forking branches covered with smoothish brown bark sometimes with an addition of lichens. A peculiar feature about %\-itch-hazel is its flowering in very late fall or even early winter, when its branches are destitute of leaves, the seed forming but not ripen- ing until the following season. The leaves are rather large, 3 to 5 inches long, thick, and borne on short stalks; they are broadly oval or heart- shaped oval, sometimes pointed and sometimes blunt at the apex, with un- even sides at the base, and wavy margins. The older leaves are smooth, but when young they are covered with downy hairs. The upper surface of the leaves is a light- green or bro\vnish-green color, while the lower surface is pale green and somewhat shining, with prominent veins. The threadlike bright-yellow flowers, which appear very late in autumn, are rather odd looking and consist of a 4-parted corolla with four long, narrow, strap- shaped petals, which are twisted in vari- ous ways when in full flower. The seed capsule does not mature until the follo\\-ing sea- eon, when the beaked and densely hairy seed case bursts open elasticall y, scattering with great force and to a considerable distance the large, shining-black, hard seeds. (Fig. 4.) This interesting shrub is a member of the witch-hazel family (Hamamelidacete). Collection, prices, and t/sfs.—Witch-hazel leaves are official in the United States Pharmacopoeia. They should be collected in autumn and c
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