. The drug plants of Illinois . PTELEA TRIFOLIATA L. Hop tree, wafer ash, wing seed, ague bark, stink- ing ash, quinine tree. Rutaceae.—An erect, few-stemmed, ill-scented, smooth shrub 6 to 8 feet tall; bark of the stems gray to gray-brown, smooth or, w^hen old, roughened; leaves dark green, long-peti- oled, alternate, compound; leaflets 3, shaped like those of an ash, 11,2 to 6 inches long, short-pointed, entire to coarsely serrulate, lateral leaflets two-thirds as large as the terminal one; flowers green- ish-white, small, in terminal, branched clusters; fruit round, flat, broadly winged, st
. The drug plants of Illinois . PTELEA TRIFOLIATA L. Hop tree, wafer ash, wing seed, ague bark, stink- ing ash, quinine tree. Rutaceae.—An erect, few-stemmed, ill-scented, smooth shrub 6 to 8 feet tall; bark of the stems gray to gray-brown, smooth or, w^hen old, roughened; leaves dark green, long-peti- oled, alternate, compound; leaflets 3, shaped like those of an ash, 11,2 to 6 inches long, short-pointed, entire to coarsely serrulate, lateral leaflets two-thirds as large as the terminal one; flowers green- ish-white, small, in terminal, branched clusters; fruit round, flat, broadly winged, strongly veiny. The fruit, leaves, and bark of the root collected. Infrequent in shady woods, especially on the flats and lower banks along streams; throughout the state. The bark of the root contains a resin and berberine, the fruit a resin, the leaves tannic and gallic acids. Used as a tonic.
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