The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 MITGHELLA REPENS L. Squaw vine, partridge berry, twin berry, squaw berry. Rubiaceae.—A trailing, leafy, branched, smooth herb, evergreen and matted on the ground; stems 6 to 12 inches long, rooting at the nodes; leaves dark green, shining, roundish, Yz inch long, leathery, petioled, opposite; flowers white, about Y2 inch long, trumpet-shaped, borne in pairs at the tips of the branches; fruit a red, fleshy berry containing 8 small, horny nutlets. The herb collected. Common, even abundant, locally through most of the state in woods-
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 MITGHELLA REPENS L. Squaw vine, partridge berry, twin berry, squaw berry. Rubiaceae.—A trailing, leafy, branched, smooth herb, evergreen and matted on the ground; stems 6 to 12 inches long, rooting at the nodes; leaves dark green, shining, roundish, Yz inch long, leathery, petioled, opposite; flowers white, about Y2 inch long, trumpet-shaped, borne in pairs at the tips of the branches; fruit a red, fleshy berry containing 8 small, horny nutlets. The herb collected. Common, even abundant, locally through most of the state in woods-covered acid soils. Contains tannin and a bitter principle. Said to be an astringent, diuretic, and parturifacient. MONARDA PUNCTATA L. Horse mint. Labiatae.—An erect, aromatic, white-downy, much-branched herb 2 to 3 feet tall, perennial; leaves lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches long, petioled, opposite, serrate v.'ith low teeth; flowers yellowish, purple- spotted, about 1 inch long, 2-lipped, in dense axillary whorls and terminal clus- ters subtended by conspicuous, showy, white or purplish bracts. The herb (leaves and flowering parts) collected. Common or abundant on open, sandy dunes, small hills, and sand prairies. Contains the volatile oil of monarda, from which thymol can be derived. Used as a stimulant and aromatic, also as a diaphoretic.
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