. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden seal, yellow-root, yellow puc- coon, Indian turmeric. Ranunculaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixx (not official J.—An erect, pubescent herb about 1 foot tall, perennial; rootstock horizontal, yellow, 1/^ to 2 inches long, up to lA inch thick, wrinkled lengthwise, bearing numerous fibrous roots. Upper part of the plant consisting of a basal, long-petioled leaf, and a stem terminating in 2 smaller leaves, one of which subtends the solitary flower. Leaves palmately lobed, 5 to 8 inches broad, serrate; flowers greenish-w
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS L. Golden seal, yellow-root, yellow puc- coon, Indian turmeric. Ranunculaceae. U. S. P. XI, p. Ixx (not official J.—An erect, pubescent herb about 1 foot tall, perennial; rootstock horizontal, yellow, 1/^ to 2 inches long, up to lA inch thick, wrinkled lengthwise, bearing numerous fibrous roots. Upper part of the plant consisting of a basal, long-petioled leaf, and a stem terminating in 2 smaller leaves, one of which subtends the solitary flower. Leaves palmately lobed, 5 to 8 inches broad, serrate; flowers greenish-white, less than yz inch wide; fruit a crimson, fleshy head resembling a raspberry. The leaves collected in late summer, the rootstock in the fall after the seeds have ripened. Infrequent in moist, rich woods throughout the state. Contains the alkaloids hydrastine, ber- berine, and canadine, a fixed oil, and a black resin. Used as a tonic to the mucous mem- brane, principally in catarrhal HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L. St. John's-wort, Tipton weed, Klamath weed, rosin rose. Hypericaceae.—An erect, upwardly much-branched, very leafy herb 1 to 21/ feet tall, perennial; taproot woody; stem slender, somewhat 2-ridged, smooth, dark-ringed at the nodes, with basal runners; leaves elliptic, sessile, entire, opposite, Yi to 34 inch long, black-dotted; flowers yellow, black-dotted, ^"4 to 1 inch wide, numerous in terminal cymes; fruit a many-seeded capsule. The flowering tops collected. Infre- quent to abundant throughout the state as a weed in poor soil, along roads, and in waste places. Contains the volatile oil of hypericum (red oil) and the fluorescent substances hy- pericin and hypericum red. The oil is used as an application to heal cuts and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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