The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 43 GONVALLARIA MAJALIS L. Lily of the valley. Liliaceae.—A low, stem- less, smooth herb 4 to 12 inches tall, per- ennial; rootstock slender, running; roots fibrous, numerous; leaves 2 to 3 in number, broad-bladed, parallel-veined, and smooth- margined, 4 to 12 inches long; flowers white, 14 iri^h wide, fragrant, drooping, in loose, 1-sided racemes on a somewhat angular flower stalk up to 12 inches tall; fruit a few-seeded, small, red berr3\ Rootstock and roots collected, also flow^ers. Introduced;
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 43 GONVALLARIA MAJALIS L. Lily of the valley. Liliaceae.—A low, stem- less, smooth herb 4 to 12 inches tall, per- ennial; rootstock slender, running; roots fibrous, numerous; leaves 2 to 3 in number, broad-bladed, parallel-veined, and smooth- margined, 4 to 12 inches long; flowers white, 14 iri^h wide, fragrant, drooping, in loose, 1-sided racemes on a somewhat angular flower stalk up to 12 inches tall; fruit a few-seeded, small, red berr3\ Rootstock and roots collected, also flow^ers. Introduced; grown commercially for the blossoms and for decoration about homes; persistent about abandoned home sites. Contains two glucosides, convallarin and convallamarin. Used as a cardiac tonic. GORALLORRHIZA ODONTORHI- ZA (Willd.) Nutt. Coral root, Craw- ley root. Orchidaceae.—A yellow-brown to purplish, leafless, rootless herb 6 to 16 inches tall, perennial; rootstock coral-like, branched, bulbous, large, and massed; stem upright, smooth, scaly below; flowers dull purple to white and crimson-spotted, small, 6 to 20 in number in a loose termi- nal raceme; fruit an oblong reflexed pod 14 to 1/2 inch long. The rootstock collected. Widely dis- tributed throughout the state but localized to sandy, humus-bearing soil of black oak and white oak w^oods. Medicinally eff^ective constituents un- known. Used as a diaphoretic.
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