The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 GYDONIA VULGARIS Pers. Quince. Rosaceae. The seed collected to some extent in the United States but most of the quince seed used in the American drug trade imported from Persia and Spain. Grown occasional- ly in home and farm plantations and to a small extent in orchards. Contains mucilage. Used as a demulcent. GYNOGLOSSUM OFFIGINALE L. and other species. Hound's tongue, wild comfrey. Boraginaceae.—^An erect, leafy, branched, hairy herb ll/^ to 3 feet tall, biennial; stems stout, leafy to the top; basal leaves oblong, 6 to 12 inch
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 GYDONIA VULGARIS Pers. Quince. Rosaceae. The seed collected to some extent in the United States but most of the quince seed used in the American drug trade imported from Persia and Spain. Grown occasional- ly in home and farm plantations and to a small extent in orchards. Contains mucilage. Used as a demulcent. GYNOGLOSSUM OFFIGINALE L. and other species. Hound's tongue, wild comfrey. Boraginaceae.—^An erect, leafy, branched, hairy herb ll/^ to 3 feet tall, biennial; stems stout, leafy to the top; basal leaves oblong, 6 to 12 inches long, smooth-margined, slender-petioled; upper leaves sessile or clasping, lanceolate; flowers reddish purple, about 14 inch wide, 5-parted, numerous in several racemes; fruit an aggregate, 1/ inch wide, of 4 prickle-studded nutlets. The leaf and root collected. Intro- duced, escaped, and naturalized through- out the state; often common along trans- portation lines and in dry field and woods pastures. Contains the principle consolidin and the alkaloid cynoglossine. Used as a demulcent and sedative.
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