. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING ROOT DRUGS. 39 doses are said to be ciiietic and smaller doses toiiie and expectorant. The price paid for twinleaf root ranj^es from aliout 5 to 7 cents a pound. MAY-APPLE. PodophyUum pcltatum L. Phannacnporial name.—Podopbylliim. Otlirr ciitiniioii ntiiurx.—Mandrake, wild mandrake. American mandrake, wild lemon, trround-leuion. liofi-apple. devil's-apple. Indian aiM'Ie. raccoon-berry, diick's-foot, mnbrella-plant. vegetable calomel. Habitat ami lainjc.—The May-apple is an indigeuons plant, found in low woods, usually grow- ing in patches, from wester
. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING ROOT DRUGS. 39 doses are said to be ciiietic and smaller doses toiiie and expectorant. The price paid for twinleaf root ranj^es from aliout 5 to 7 cents a pound. MAY-APPLE. PodophyUum pcltatum L. Phannacnporial name.—Podopbylliim. Otlirr ciitiniioii ntiiurx.—Mandrake, wild mandrake. American mandrake, wild lemon, trround-leuion. liofi-apple. devil's-apple. Indian aiM'Ie. raccoon-berry, diick's-foot, mnbrella-plant. vegetable calomel. Habitat ami lainjc.—The May-apple is an indigeuons plant, found in low woods, usually grow- ing in patches, from western Q u e b e c to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. D e s c r i p t i o n of plant.—A pate h of May-apple can be dis- tinguished from afar, the smooth, dark-green foliage and close and even stand making it a conspicuous feature of the woodland vege- tation. May-apple is a per- ennial plant, and be- longs to the barberry family (Berberida- cea:"). It is erect, and grows about 1 foot in height. The leaves are only two in number, circular in outline, but with live to seven deep lobes, the lobes 2 cleft, and toothed at the apex: they are dark green above, the lower surface lighter green and somewhat hairy or smooth, some- times 1 foot in diameter, and borne on long leafstalks ^^'hich are fixed to the cen- ter of the leaf, giving it an umbrella-like appearance. The waxy-white, solitary flower, sometimes 2 inches in diameter, appears in May, nodding on its short stout stalk, generally right between the two large umbrella-like leaves, which shade it and hide it from view. (Fig. 14.) The fruit which follows is lemon shaped, at first green, then yellow, about 2 inches in length, and edible, although when eaten immoderately it is known to have produced bad effects. In a patch of May-apple plants there are always a number of sterile or flowerless stalks, which bear leaves similar to those of the flowering plants. Description of root stock.—The horizontally creeping root
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