The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 GASTALIA ODORATA (Ait.) Woodville & Wood. Sweet-scented water lily, white pond lily. Nymphaea- ceae.—A large, aquatic, stemless herb, perennial; rhizome very large, rough, and knotty, up to 6 feet long, thick as an arm; leaves floating, glossy, dark green, orbic- ular, cordate-cleft to the petiole, 6 to 10 inches wide, crimson- or purple-tinged be- neath; petioles semicircular in section, as long as the water is deep; flowers floating, white, pink, or rose, very sweet-scented, 3 to 6 inches wide, on round stalks; fruit maturing
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 GASTALIA ODORATA (Ait.) Woodville & Wood. Sweet-scented water lily, white pond lily. Nymphaea- ceae.—A large, aquatic, stemless herb, perennial; rhizome very large, rough, and knotty, up to 6 feet long, thick as an arm; leaves floating, glossy, dark green, orbic- ular, cordate-cleft to the petiole, 6 to 10 inches wide, crimson- or purple-tinged be- neath; petioles semicircular in section, as long as the water is deep; flowers floating, white, pink, or rose, very sweet-scented, 3 to 6 inches wide, on round stalks; fruit maturing under the water, globose, many- seeded. The rhizome collected. Frequent to abundant in lakes and river sloughs, in extreme northeastern counties and along the Illinois and Rock rivers; infrequent southward. Contains tannic and gallic acids. Used internally and topically as an astringent. GASTANEA DENTATA (Marsh.) Borkh. Chestnut. Fagaceae. The leaves collected in September or October while still green and bright. In- frequent as a shade or ornamental tree; planted as a nut orchard tree in several localities; no longer native. Contains tannin. Used as a tonic and astringent. GAULOPHYLLUM THALIGTROI- DES (L.) Michx. Blue cohosh, squaw- root, blueberry root. Berberidaceae.— An erect, unbranched, smooth herb 1 to 2Y2 feet tall, perennial; rhizome horizon- tal, knotty, somewhat branched; stem glaucous; leaf 1, large, triternately com- pound; leaflets oval, 3- to 5-lobed at the tip, 1 to 3 inches long; flowers greenish- purple, up to Y2 inch wide, in a terminal panicle; seeds blue, fleshy, borne on stout, short stalks. The rhizome and roots collected. Com- mon in rich woods throughout the state. Yields the drug caulophyllin; contains two resins and a principle analogous to saponin, as well as glucosldes and the alkaloid methyl- cytisine. Used as an alterative, a diuretic, and an emmenagogue.
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