The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 39 GIGHORIUM INTYBUS L. Chicory, coffee weed, succory, blue sailors. Compositae.—An erect, much-branched, pubescent herb 2 to 3 feet high, perennial; taproot large, deep; stem stiff, hispid, round, hollow; juice milky; leaves oblong to lanceolate, clasping, entire to dentate or (the lower) pinnatifid, 1 to 6 inches long, alternate, hairy; flower heads blue, 1 to XYi inches wide, 1 to 4 together in clusters on the nearly leafless branches. The root is collected. Common along roadsides and railroads
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 39 GIGHORIUM INTYBUS L. Chicory, coffee weed, succory, blue sailors. Compositae.—An erect, much-branched, pubescent herb 2 to 3 feet high, perennial; taproot large, deep; stem stiff, hispid, round, hollow; juice milky; leaves oblong to lanceolate, clasping, entire to dentate or (the lower) pinnatifid, 1 to 6 inches long, alternate, hairy; flower heads blue, 1 to XYi inches wide, 1 to 4 together in clusters on the nearly leafless branches. The root is collected. Common along roadsides and railroads and in pastures and fields throughout the state. Contains inulin and the bitter glucosidal principle chicorin. Used to Increase appetite and aid digestion; also as an adulterant of coffee and as a coffee substitute. GIGUTA MAGULATA L. Hemlock, water hemlock, musquash root. Um- belliferae.—An erect, stout, branched, smooth herb 3 to 6 feet tall, perennial; roots' fleshy, tuberous; stems pointed, purple-streaked, hollow but with internal partitions at the base; leaves ternately de- compound, often 1 foot long, alternate; leaflets lanceolate, serrate, acuminate, 1 to 5 inches long, the veins leading to the marginal notches; flow^ers white, small, in compound, loose, terminal umbels; seeds broadly oval, flat on one side, 5-ridged on the other side. Roots, rootstocks, and seed collected. Widespread, occasional, or, sometimes, abundant in wet meadows and pastures throughout the state. Contains a yellowish aromatic oil and the resinlllfe poison cicutoxin. Used, though rarely, because of Its extreme polsonousness, In cases of barbital poisoning.
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