. The drug plants of Illinois . HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA L. Witch-hazel, snapping hazel, striped alder, tobacco wood. Hamamelida- ceae.—^A moderate-sized shrub 8 to 15 feet tall; stems crooked; branches long and flexuous; bark brown, smooth; leaves suborbicular to obovate, 2 to 5 inches long, short-petioled, alternate, sinuate margined, usually acute, unevenly cordate; flowers yellow, with 4 linear, crinkled petals; fruit a woody, pubescent capsule containing 2 black, oblong seeds. Leaves, twigs, and bark collected in the autumn. Infrequent to abundant in dry woods in the northern half of the stat
. The drug plants of Illinois . HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA L. Witch-hazel, snapping hazel, striped alder, tobacco wood. Hamamelida- ceae.—^A moderate-sized shrub 8 to 15 feet tall; stems crooked; branches long and flexuous; bark brown, smooth; leaves suborbicular to obovate, 2 to 5 inches long, short-petioled, alternate, sinuate margined, usually acute, unevenly cordate; flowers yellow, with 4 linear, crinkled petals; fruit a woody, pubescent capsule containing 2 black, oblong seeds. Leaves, twigs, and bark collected in the autumn. Infrequent to abundant in dry woods in the northern half of the state; rare to absent southward. Contains tannin and a bitter principle ; the aqueous distillation of the leaves produces an aromatic principle in the extract (ex- tract of witch-hazel). Used chiefly in treat- ment of internal hemorrhage.
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