The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden seal, yellow-root, yellow puc- coon, Indian turmeric. Ranunculaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixx (not official J.—An erect, pubescent herb about 1 foot tall, perennial; rootstock horizontal, yellow, 1/^ to 2 inches long, up to lA inch thick, wrinkled lengthwise, bearing numerous fibrous roots. Upper part of the plant consisting of a basal, long-petioled leaf, and a stem terminating in 2 smaller leaves, one of which subtends the solitary flower. Leaves palmately lobed, 5 to 8 inches broad, serrate; flowers gr
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden seal, yellow-root, yellow puc- coon, Indian turmeric. Ranunculaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixx (not official J.—An erect, pubescent herb about 1 foot tall, perennial; rootstock horizontal, yellow, 1/^ to 2 inches long, up to lA inch thick, wrinkled lengthwise, bearing numerous fibrous roots. Upper part of the plant consisting of a basal, long-petioled leaf, and a stem terminating in 2 smaller leaves, one of which subtends the solitary flower. Leaves palmately lobed, 5 to 8 inches broad, serrate; flowers greenish-white, less than yz inch wide; fruit a crimson, fleshy head resembling a raspberry. The leaves collected in late summer, the rootstock in the fall after the seeds have ripened. Infrequent in moist, rich woods throughout the state. Contains the alkaloids hydrastine, ber- berine, and canadine, a fixed oil, and a black resin. Used as a tonic to the mucous mem- brane, principally in catarrhal affections. HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L. St. John's-wort, Tipton weed, Klamath weed, rosin rose. Hypericaceae.—An erect, upwardly much-branched, very leafy herb 1 to 21/ feet tall, perennial; taproot woody; stem slender, somewhat 2-ridged, smooth, dark-ringed at the nodes, with basal runners; leaves elliptic, sessile, entire, opposite, Yi to 34 inch long, black-dotted; flowers yellow, black-dotted, ^'4 to 1 inch wide, numerous in terminal cymes; fruit a many-seeded capsule. The flowering tops collected. Infre- quent to abundant throughout the state as a weed in poor soil, along roads, and in waste places. Contains the volatile oil of hypericum (red oil) and the fluorescent substances hy- pericin and hypericum red. The oil is used as an application to heal cuts and bruises.
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