The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 21 APIUM GRAVEOLENS L. Celery. Umbelliferae. The seed collected. Grown in truck and home gardens throughout the state. Contains a volatile oil. Used as an aro- matic stimulant, carminative, and stomachic; also as a condiment and flavoring agent. APLECTRUM HYEMALE (Muhl.) Torr. Adam-and-Eve root, putty-root. Orchidaceae.—A stemless, smooth herb 1 to 2 feet high, perennial; corm round, with a few fibrous roots, usually attached to at least one older corm; leaf 1, elliptic, 4 to 6 inches long, parall
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 21 APIUM GRAVEOLENS L. Celery. Umbelliferae. The seed collected. Grown in truck and home gardens throughout the state. Contains a volatile oil. Used as an aro- matic stimulant, carminative, and stomachic; also as a condiment and flavoring agent. APLECTRUM HYEMALE (Muhl.) Torr. Adam-and-Eve root, putty-root. Orchidaceae.—A stemless, smooth herb 1 to 2 feet high, perennial; corm round, with a few fibrous roots, usually attached to at least one older corm; leaf 1, elliptic, 4 to 6 inches long, parallel-veined, arising from the corm at the side of the flower stalk; flowers yellowish-brown mixed with purple, about 1 inch long and wide, several in a raceme at the top of the 3-scaled, tall flowering stalk; fruit a capsule. The corm collected. Rare but widely distributed in shady woods through most of the state. Contains mucilage. Used as a demulcent pectoral. APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOL- lUM L. Dogbane, rheumatism wood, wild ipecac, spreading dogbane. Apocy- naceae.—A spreading, mostly glabrous herb 1 to 4 feet tall, perennial; sap milky; rootstock horizontal; root fibrous; stem erect, often purplish, w^oody at the base and with tough, fibrous bark; branches broadly spreading; leaves opposite, oval, short-petioled, with entire margins and mucronate tips, dull green above, pale and somewhat hairy below, 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to li/2 inches wide; flowers pink, bell- shaped, 1/3 inch long; the 5 petal tips spreading; calyx minute, green; fruit a long, slender pod (usually in pairs) con- taining numerous small, silk-tipped seeds. Roots and rootstocks collected in late fall. State-wide in distribution and com- mon; often occurring in large patches in open cutover woods, thickets, and barrens. Contains the glucoside apocynein, the toxic resin apocynin, and several other toxic sub- stances, including cymarin, which yields cyna- marigenin. Used as a cathartic, diaphoretic, diuretic, em
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