. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. MYRIGA ASPLENIFOLIA L. Sweet fern, fern gale, meadow fern, shrubby fern, sweet bush. Myricaceae.—^A small, sweet-scented, pubescent herb Xl/y to 3 feet tall; stems and branches erect or spreading; leaves linear oblong, deeply cut into many rounded lobes, alternate, stipu- late, 3 to 6 inches long; male flowers in catkins clustered at the ends of branches; female flowers in short catkins clustered on very short, lateral branches; fruit bur- like, usually 4-seeded. The leaves and top collected. In open places in oak woods on sandy, acid soi
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. MYRIGA ASPLENIFOLIA L. Sweet fern, fern gale, meadow fern, shrubby fern, sweet bush. Myricaceae.—^A small, sweet-scented, pubescent herb Xl/y to 3 feet tall; stems and branches erect or spreading; leaves linear oblong, deeply cut into many rounded lobes, alternate, stipu- late, 3 to 6 inches long; male flowers in catkins clustered at the ends of branches; female flowers in short catkins clustered on very short, lateral branches; fruit bur- like, usually 4-seeded. The leaves and top collected. In open places in oak woods on sandy, acid soil in the extreme northeastern corner of Illi- nois; infrequent and local. Contains a volatile oil (oil of sweet fern) and tannin. Used as a stimulant and astrin- NEPETA CATARIA L. Catnip, cat mint, catwort, catrup. Labiatae.—An erect, branched, white-downy, aromatic herb 2 to 3 feet tall, perennial; rootstocks short; stems 4-angled, purplish below; leaves green, cordate-oblong, 1 to 2 inches long, opposite, petioled, round-toothed, w^hite-downy beneath; flowers w^hitish, purple-spotted, small, 2-lipped, in clusters in the upper leaf axils and in terminal, thick spikes. The herb, leaves, and flow^ering parts collected in full flower. Common as a weed in waste places and about dwellings in all parts of the state. Contains a volatile oil. Used as a stimu- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tehon, L. R. (Leo Roy), 1895-1954. Urbana, Ill. : Natural History Survey Division
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