The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA L. Tulip tree. Magnoliaceae.—A straight, narrow-crowned tree of great height; bark of the trunk thin and scaly or, later, 2 inches thick and deeply furrowed; leaves dark green, shiny, 5 to 6 inches long and as wide, with 2 large, pointed lobes on each side and a deep, wide notch at the end, alternate, petioled; flowers greenish-white, inwardly orange-marked, large, showy, re- sembling a tulip blossom; fruit conelike and scaly, 2]/^ to 3 inches long. Bark, taken from root, trunk, and branches, collected. An
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA L. Tulip tree. Magnoliaceae.—A straight, narrow-crowned tree of great height; bark of the trunk thin and scaly or, later, 2 inches thick and deeply furrowed; leaves dark green, shiny, 5 to 6 inches long and as wide, with 2 large, pointed lobes on each side and a deep, wide notch at the end, alternate, petioled; flowers greenish-white, inwardly orange-marked, large, showy, re- sembling a tulip blossom; fruit conelike and scaly, 2]/^ to 3 inches long. Bark, taken from root, trunk, and branches, collected. An infrequent to com- mon tree southward from Vermilion and Hancock counties among oaks, hard maple, and beech. Contains the crystalline principle lirio- dendrin. Used as a simple or bitter tonic, aromatic, and diaphoretic. LOBELIA INFLATA L. Lobelia, Indian tobacco, asthma weed, gag root. Lobeliaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixxi (not official).—An upright, little- to much- branched, mostly smooth herb 1 to 3 feet tall, annual; stem rough-hairy below, con- taining a milky juice; leaves ovate, toothed, alternate, the lower petioled and 2 inches long, the upper sessile and smaller; flowers pale blue, showy but small, 2-lipped, in loose terminal and axillary racemes; fruit a glossy, yellow-brow^n, round, ridged capsule containing very many minute, brown seeds. The leaves and tops collected while the plant is in flower; also the seed. Infre- quent to frequent in open woods, fields, and waste places throughout the state, often occurring as a weed; mid-August through September. Contains a volatile oil and the alkaloids lobcline and lobelidine. Used as an anti- spasmodic in laryngitis and spasmodic asth- ma, an expectorant, and emetic.
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