. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. PLANTS FI'RNISJIINn KOOT DRUGS. 43 rtcufrifiti'iii (if roots.—Tlie root of I'ortt'iniithiix trifoJiiiliis is thifk anil knotty. Willi niaiiy smootliisli. ix'ddish lirown rootlets (PI. V. fig. 1), the latter in ilryiuj; licconiiiifr wrinkled lcnf;tliwisc ami ^liowin;; :i few transverse fissures or lireaks in tlie Ijark. and tUe interior wliitc and woody. There is praftically no odor, and tlie woody ]iortioii i; tasteless, hut the bark, which" is readily separ able, is hitter, ;; the flow of saliva. I'orteraiithus slipnlutiis has a l
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. PLANTS FI'RNISJIINn KOOT DRUGS. 43 rtcufrifiti'iii (if roots.—Tlie root of I'ortt'iniithiix trifoJiiiliis is thifk anil knotty. Willi niaiiy smootliisli. ix'ddish lirown rootlets (PI. V. fig. 1), the latter in ilryiuj; licconiiiifr wrinkled lcnf;tliwisc ami ^liowin;; :i few transverse fissures or lireaks in tlie Ijark. and tUe interior wliitc and woody. There is praftically no odor, and tlie woody ]iortioii i; tasteless, hut the bark, which" is readily separ able, is hitter, ;; the flow of saliva. I'orteraiithus slipnlutiis has a larger, more knotty root, with rootlets that are more wavy, coii- strioted. or marked with n u m e r o u s transverse rings, and the hark fis- sured or breaking from the white woody portion at freiiuent intervals. Collrclioii. prices, and i(.«x.—The roots of both sjiecies are eolleeted in autiniin. The price ranges from 2 to 4 eents a pound. Indian-pliysie or how- man's root, as these names imply, was a popu- lar remedy with the In- dians, who used it as an emetie. From tlieiii tlie white settlers learned of its iiroperties. and it is still used for its emetie action. This drug was at one time otJicial in the United States I'liarma action is said to resemble that of ipec; Fig. Hi—Wild indigo {Haptisia lincloria). liranch allowing flowers and seed pods. (M(>difie<l from Barton's Vegetable Sfateria Medica.) p(eia. from 1820 to 1880. Its ) /f((/(//.v/» liiK-toriii { 1,. I K. l!r. Other common names.— iiuligo-weed. yellow indigo. American indigo, yellow broom, indigo-brooni. clover-broom, broom-clover, horsefiy-weed. shoofly. rattlehush. Uahitdt ((»(/ range.—This native herb gi-ows on dry. iioor land, and is fonnd from Maine to Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana. nescriplion of plant.—Many who have been brought up in the country will recognize in the wild indigo the plant so freciueutly used by fanners, especially in
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