The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 GERANIUM MAGULATUM L. Granesbill, wild geranium, alum root. Geraniaceae.—An upright and sparingly branched, hairy herb 1 to 2 feet tall, per- ennial; rootstock (rhizome) 2 to 4 inches long, thick, with numerous scars from previous years' growths; stem slender, hairy; leaves palmately 3- to 5-parted and the divisions cleft and toothed, mostly basal, long-petioled, 3 to 6 inches wide, usually 2 or more forming an involucre; flowers rose- or violet-purple, 1 to II/2 inches wide, in loose, long-stalked clusters terminating the stems;
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 GERANIUM MAGULATUM L. Granesbill, wild geranium, alum root. Geraniaceae.—An upright and sparingly branched, hairy herb 1 to 2 feet tall, per- ennial; rootstock (rhizome) 2 to 4 inches long, thick, with numerous scars from previous years' growths; stem slender, hairy; leaves palmately 3- to 5-parted and the divisions cleft and toothed, mostly basal, long-petioled, 3 to 6 inches wide, usually 2 or more forming an involucre; flowers rose- or violet-purple, 1 to II/2 inches wide, in loose, long-stalked clusters terminating the stems; fruit a slender, dry capsule whose sides, on opening, curl outward and up- ward. The root (rhizome) collected just before flowering. Frequent to abundant in moist woods throughout the state; early April to mid-June. Contains gallic acid and tannin, the latter to the extent of about 25 per cent of the dried drug. Used chiefly as an astringent. GILLENIA STIPULATA (Muhl.) Trel. American ipecac, Indian physic. Rosaceae.—An erect, branching, pubes- cent herb 2 to 4 feet tall, perennial; leaves compound, nearly sessile, with large, leaf- like stipules; leaflets 3 in number, ovate, acuminate, 1/^ to 1 inch long, sharply in- cised-serrate; flowers white or pinkish, about y^, inch wide, solitary at the ends of slender, flexuous stalks arising from upper- most leaf axils; fruit a cluster of 5 2- to 4-seeded pods lightly adhering within the calyx. The root collected. Infrequent or lo- cally abundant in dry woods southward from Macon and Clark counties; rare northward to La Salle County. Contains the bitter principle gillenin, gum, resin, and tannin. Used as an emetic and stomach tonic.
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