. The drug plants of Illinois . LINUM USITATISSIMUM L. Flax. Linaceae. U. S. P. XL PP- 202, 258. The seed is harvested when ripe. Culti- vated to a considerable extent in several parts of the state; has not persisted as an escape. Contains oil (flaxseed oil), mucilage, and, under certain conditions, the cyanogenic glu- coside phaseolunatin (linamarin). Used as a demulcent and emollient. LIQUIDAMBAR STYRAGIFLUA L. Sweet gum, American storax. Ham- amelidaceae. U. S. P. XI, pp. 363-364.— A moderate to tall, oblong- and small- crowned tree 80 feet or more tall; bark of the trunk light gray, deeply
. The drug plants of Illinois . LINUM USITATISSIMUM L. Flax. Linaceae. U. S. P. XL PP- 202, 258. The seed is harvested when ripe. Culti- vated to a considerable extent in several parts of the state; has not persisted as an escape. Contains oil (flaxseed oil), mucilage, and, under certain conditions, the cyanogenic glu- coside phaseolunatin (linamarin). Used as a demulcent and emollient. LIQUIDAMBAR STYRAGIFLUA L. Sweet gum, American storax. Ham- amelidaceae. U. S. P. XI, pp. 363-364.— A moderate to tall, oblong- and small- crowned tree 80 feet or more tall; bark of the trunk light gray, deeply furrowed; twigs round or corky-ridged; leaves 5- or 7-lobed, star-shaped, finely serrate, on slender petioles 5 or 6 inches long; fertile flowers in globular, long-stalked heads from the upper leaf axils, the heads devel- oping into woody, prickly armed spheres. A resinous gum, styrax, is collected after exuding from w^ounds in the bark of the trunk. Frequent to common in low woods from Crawford County south and west to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Styrax contains cinnamic acid, styracin, and the aromatic oily hydrocarbon st>'rol. Used for catarrhal affections and externally as an ointment.
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