. The drug plants of Illinois . GALIUM TRIFLORUM Michx. Sweet-scented bedstraw. Rubiaceae.— A diffuse, low, spreading, mostly unarmed, smooth herb, fragrant in drying, perennial; stems shining, square; leaves narrowly oval, nearly sessile, 6 at a node, cuspidate, 1-nerved; flowers greenish, small, in clus- ters of 3 or in 3 clusters of 3 at the ends of slender, terminal, and axillary peduncles; the fruit appearing double, covered with hooked bristles. The herb collected. Common and abun- dant in moist woods throughout the state. Contains, in addition to the usual Galium constituents, coumarin.
. The drug plants of Illinois . GALIUM TRIFLORUM Michx. Sweet-scented bedstraw. Rubiaceae.— A diffuse, low, spreading, mostly unarmed, smooth herb, fragrant in drying, perennial; stems shining, square; leaves narrowly oval, nearly sessile, 6 at a node, cuspidate, 1-nerved; flowers greenish, small, in clus- ters of 3 or in 3 clusters of 3 at the ends of slender, terminal, and axillary peduncles; the fruit appearing double, covered with hooked bristles. The herb collected. Common and abun- dant in moist woods throughout the state. Contains, in addition to the usual Galium constituents, coumarin. Used additionally In nerve disorders.
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