. Bulletin. AMERICAN MEDICINAL FLOWEES, FRUITS, AND SEEDS. 11 Habitat and range.—This native forest tree is found in rich woods, especially along tbe mountains, from Canada to Georgia, west to Texas and Nebraska. Description.—The American linden attains great size, from 60 to 125 feet in height, with a trunk diameter of 2 to 5 feet, and spreading branches. The leaves are somewhat leathery in texture, smooth on both sides or sometimes hairy on the veins of the under side. They are obliquely oval in outline, with sharply toothed margin, pointed at the apex, and heart shaped at the base, and are
. Bulletin. AMERICAN MEDICINAL FLOWEES, FRUITS, AND SEEDS. 11 Habitat and range.—This native forest tree is found in rich woods, especially along tbe mountains, from Canada to Georgia, west to Texas and Nebraska. Description.—The American linden attains great size, from 60 to 125 feet in height, with a trunk diameter of 2 to 5 feet, and spreading branches. The leaves are somewhat leathery in texture, smooth on both sides or sometimes hairy on the veins of the under side. They are obliquely oval in outline, with sharply toothed margin, pointed at the apex, and heart shaped at the base, and are borne on stems about an inch or two in length. From about May to June the tree is loaded with drooping clusters of 6 to 20 yellowish, very fragrant flowers. At the base of each flower cluster and partly grown to it is a large bract (or leaflike part) 2 to 4 inches in length, very- pale green, and strongly veined. The fruit is roundish, greenish gray, dry and woody, and con- tains one or two seeds. (Fig. 8.) This tree be- longs to the linden fam- ily (Tiliacese). Collection, uses, and prices.—The flowers are the parts employed me- dicinally. These are col- lected in May or June and carefully dried in the shade. The very sweet odor is lost in drying. The taste is mucilagi- nous and sweetish. An infusion of the flowers has been very much used as a domestic remedy for headaches, indigestion, and for breaking up colds. The flowers of other species of linden are also employed. Linden flowers at present are quoted at 35 cents a pound. POISON HEMLOCK. Conium maculatum Pig. 8.—American linden (Tilia americana), leaves, flowers, and fruits. Pliarmacopceial name.—Conium. Other common names.—Spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, poison parsley, St. Rennet's-herb, bad-man's-oatmeal, wode-whistle, cashes, bunk, heck-how, poison root, spotted hemlock, spotted conium, poison snakeweed, beaver Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may hav
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