. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. PAEONIA OFFICINALIS L. Peony. Ranunculaceae. Roots, flowers, and seeds collected. Cultivated, but infrequently, as a decora- tive plant; most of the cultivated peonies belong to the species P. albiflora Pallas. Contains an unidentified alkaloid. Used as an emmenagogue, ecbolic, and uterine hemostatic. PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM L. Ginseng, American ginseng, sang, five fingers, red berry, man root. Aralia- ceae.—An erect, unbranched, smooth herb 8 to 15 inches tall, perennial; taproot spindle-shaped, branched or forked after the second year, deep
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. PAEONIA OFFICINALIS L. Peony. Ranunculaceae. Roots, flowers, and seeds collected. Cultivated, but infrequently, as a decora- tive plant; most of the cultivated peonies belong to the species P. albiflora Pallas. Contains an unidentified alkaloid. Used as an emmenagogue, ecbolic, and uterine hemostatic. PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM L. Ginseng, American ginseng, sang, five fingers, red berry, man root. Aralia- ceae.—An erect, unbranched, smooth herb 8 to 15 inches tall, perennial; taproot spindle-shaped, branched or forked after the second year, deep, 2 to 3 inches long, y^ to 1 inch thick; stem leafy only at the summit; leaves 3 in number, palmately compound, petioled, each with 5 obovate, pointed, irregularly dentate leaflets 2 to 5 inches long; flowers yellow-green, small, 6 to 20 in a stalked umbel arising with the leaves from the end of the stem; fruit a bright crimson berry. The root is collected only in the fall and dried whole. Rare, or at most infre- quent, in rich woods throughout the state. Contains a glucoside, a saponin, a bitter principle, and a volatile oil. Used as an aromatic bitter, mild stimulant, and sto- 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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