. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 35 GEANOTHUS AMERIGANUS L. New Jersey tea. Rhamnaceae.—A free- ly branching shrub 2 to 4 feet high; root- stock dark red; stems pubescent when young; leaves oblong-ovate, serrate, 2 to 3 inches long, strongly 3-ribbed, alternate, short-petioled; flowers white, in dense clusters at the ends of long terminal or axillary peduncles, 5-parted; fruit a bluntly triangular, dry, leathery capsule containing 3 smooth, light brown, small seeds. Leaves, rootstock, and bark of the root- stock are collected. Frequent i
. The drug plants of Illinois. Botany, Medical; Botany. Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 35 GEANOTHUS AMERIGANUS L. New Jersey tea. Rhamnaceae.—A free- ly branching shrub 2 to 4 feet high; root- stock dark red; stems pubescent when young; leaves oblong-ovate, serrate, 2 to 3 inches long, strongly 3-ribbed, alternate, short-petioled; flowers white, in dense clusters at the ends of long terminal or axillary peduncles, 5-parted; fruit a bluntly triangular, dry, leathery capsule containing 3 smooth, light brown, small seeds. Leaves, rootstock, and bark of the root- stock are collected. Frequent in dry, usually woody situations in the northern quarter of the state; becoming rare south- ward; flowering in June and early July. Contains tannin and the active principle ceanothin, which tends to increase blood clotting in wounds. Used as an astringent. GELASTRUS SGANDENS L. Bit- tersweet, false bittersweet, American bittersweet. Celastraceae.—A twining, woody, smooth vine; stems moderately slender, climbing to 20 or 30 feet; leaves ovate, pointed, 4 to 5 inches long, finely serrate, short-petioled, alternate; flowers small, greenish-yellow, in racemes; fruit an orange capsule that opens and folds backward to expose 3 crimson, seed-con- taining arils. Bark of the root, also that of the stem, collected. Abundant to rare in woods and along fences, more or less throughout the state. Medicinally effective constituents un- known; said to contain euonymin. U?ed as a diaphoretic, diuretic, alterative, and mild narcotic, also as an insecticide. [The true bittersweet is Solarium Dulca- mara; it and the above should not be con- fused.] GENTAUREA GYANUS L. Gorn- flower,' bachelor's button. Compositae. Commonly grown, and persisting, in home gardens throughout the state. Contains the glucoside 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 pe
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