. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLAKIS I.'URNISHINO MEDICINAL AND KERBS. 1>1 BUCK liEAN. Menyanthes Irifoliata I>. Other common —^Bog bean, bog luyrtJe, l)()g hop, bog nut,, brook 1)ean, l)ean trefoil, nuirsli trefoil, water trefoil, bitter trefoil, waler shann-ock, marsh clover, moonfiower, bitterworin. Ilahitut and range.—The l)iick bean is a marsh herb occurring in North America as far south as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and California. It is also native in Europe. Description.—This per- ennial herb arises from a long, black, creeping, scaly rootstock, the leaves be- ing produce
. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLAKIS I.'URNISHINO MEDICINAL AND KERBS. 1>1 BUCK liEAN. Menyanthes Irifoliata I>. Other common —^Bog bean, bog luyrtJe, l)()g hop, bog nut,, brook 1)ean, l)ean trefoil, nuirsli trefoil, water trefoil, bitter trefoil, waler shann-ock, marsh clover, moonfiower, bitterworin. Ilahitut and range.—The l)iick bean is a marsh herb occurring in North America as far south as Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and California. It is also native in Europe. Description.—This per- ennial herb arises from a long, black, creeping, scaly rootstock, the leaves be- ing produced from the end of the same on erect sheathing stems measuring about 2 to 10 inches in height. The leaves con- sist of three oblong-oval or broadly oval leaflets H to 3 inches long, somewhat fleshy and smooth, blunt at the top. with margins entire and narrowed to- ward the base; the upper surface is pale green and the lower surface some- what glossy, with the thick midrib light in color. The flower cluster is produced from May to July on a long, thick, naked stalk arising from the rootstock It bears from 10 to 20 flowers, each with a funnel-shaped tul)e terminating in five segments which are pink- ish purple or whitish on the outside and whitish and thickly bearded with white hairs within. (Fig. 13.) The capsules which follow are ovate, blunt at the top, smooth and light brown, and contain numerous smooth and shining seeds. Buck bean is a perennial lielonging to the buck-bean family (Menyanthacese). Collection, prices, and uses.—The leaves are generally collected in spring. They lose more than three-fourths of their weight in drying. The price paid per pound is about 6 to 8 cents. Buck-bean leaves have a very bitter taste, but no odor. Large doses are said to have cathartic and sometimes emetic action, but the })rincipal use of buck-bean leaves is as a bitter tonic. They have been employed in dyspepsia, fevers, rheumatic and skin affections, and also as a remedy against
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