. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada. Botany, Economic; Botany; Botany. SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS fields pretty mucli throughout the United States east of the Mississippi and called American Pennyroyal {Hedeoma pulegioides, Pers.)- It is pungently aro- matic, from a few inches to a foot tall, with small, opposite leaves nar- rowing to the base and tiny, bluish flow- ers clustered in the upper leaf-axils. The plant contains a volatile oil, and a hot infusion of the dried leaves and flowering tops is an old-fash- ioned remedy for flat- ulent colic, sick stom- ach and bowel com- pla
. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada. Botany, Economic; Botany; Botany. SOME MEDICINAL WILDINGS fields pretty mucli throughout the United States east of the Mississippi and called American Pennyroyal {Hedeoma pulegioides, Pers.)- It is pungently aro- matic, from a few inches to a foot tall, with small, opposite leaves nar- rowing to the base and tiny, bluish flow- ers clustered in the upper leaf-axils. The plant contains a volatile oil, and a hot infusion of the dried leaves and flowering tops is an old-fash- ioned remedy for flat- ulent colic, sick stom- ach and bowel com- plaints. Then there is the nearly related Dittany {Cunila Mar- iana, L), growing on dry woodland hills from New York to Florida, a perennial plant of about the height of the American Pennyroyal, but with larger leaves, rounded at the base and conspicuously clear-dotted. The herb is gently stimulant, and a tea made of it is a pleasant 193. Dittany (Cunila Mariana). 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 Saunders, Charles Francis, 1859-1941. New York, R. M. McBride & Co.
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