. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 107 SOLANUM GAROLINENSE L. Horse nettle, bull nettle, sand brier, tread-softly, apple of Sodom. Solana- ceae.—An ascending to erect, branched, spiny, hairy herb up to 4 feet tall, peren- nial; rootstock deep, spreading; stem and branches set with stout, yellowish spines; leaves ovate, irregularly wavy-margined or lobed, 2 to 6 inches long, alternate, petioled, spiny beneath on the large veins and on the petiole; flowers violet to white, wheel-shaped, about 1 inch wide; fruit a yellow to orange, globose be
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 107 SOLANUM GAROLINENSE L. Horse nettle, bull nettle, sand brier, tread-softly, apple of Sodom. Solana- ceae.—An ascending to erect, branched, spiny, hairy herb up to 4 feet tall, peren- nial; rootstock deep, spreading; stem and branches set with stout, yellowish spines; leaves ovate, irregularly wavy-margined or lobed, 2 to 6 inches long, alternate, petioled, spiny beneath on the large veins and on the petiole; flowers violet to white, wheel-shaped, about 1 inch wide; fruit a yellow to orange, globose berry Yi inch or more in diameter, containing a juicy pulp and many small seeds. The berries, when ripe, and the root- stock collected. Frequent in waste places, fields, orchards, and gardens throughout the state. Contains the alkaloids solanine, solaneine, and solanidine. Used as a sedative and SOLANUM DULCAMARA L. Bit- tersweet, bitter nightshade, fever twig, scarlet berry. Solanaceae.—A long, climbing and twining, half-woody, nearly smooth vine, perennial; stems 2 to 8 feet long, branching; leaves ovate, pointed, 2 to 4 inches long, petioled, alternate, some en- tire but most deeply lobed at the base so as to have 2 small, lateral, leaflike divisions below the large, terminal part; flowers blue, purplish, or white, about Y? inch wide, wheel-shaped; fruit a red, globose to oval, juicy, many-seeded berry. The young branches are collected from plants 1 or 2 years old after the leaves have fallen, not from older plants. Infre- quent to frequent in the northern third ot the state in low, wet soils. Contains the alkaloid solanine, the sap- onin dulcamarin, and an atropine-like alka- loid. Acts as a sedative and hypnotic; used chiefly in muscular rheumatism and chronic bronchial and pulmonary affections, also as a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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