The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 41 GLAVIGEPS PURPUREA (Fries) TuL Ergot. Clavicipitaceae. U. S. P. XI, Ixix, 147, 171.—The darkened, en- larged, fungus-filled grains of rye infected with the disease known as ergot. Ergot grains are several times the size of nor- mal grains, violet to almost black, curved, hard, and hornlike; they protrude con- spicuously from rye heads in the field, and in threshed grain they can be easily rec- ognized by their size, color, and hardness. The ergot collected. Occurs sporadical- ly as a rye diseas
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 41 GLAVIGEPS PURPUREA (Fries) TuL Ergot. Clavicipitaceae. U. S. P. XI, Ixix, 147, 171.—The darkened, en- larged, fungus-filled grains of rye infected with the disease known as ergot. Ergot grains are several times the size of nor- mal grains, violet to almost black, curved, hard, and hornlike; they protrude con- spicuously from rye heads in the field, and in threshed grain they can be easily rec- ognized by their size, color, and hardness. The ergot collected. Occurs sporadical- ly as a rye disease and is often abundant on rye growing in wheat; in all parts of the state. Contains the alkaloids ergonovine, ergo- toxine, and ergotamine, also tyramine and histamine. Used in obstetrical practice to induce contraction of the uterus and to re- lieve hemorrhage. ill « f t f r 1 f 1 ^ ' GNIGUS BENEDIGTUS L. Blessed thistle. Compositae.—An erect, hairy, spiny-leaved herb, up to 2i/^ feet tall, an- nual; stems much branched; leaves oblong- lanceolate, dentate or lobed and spiny, 3 to 6 inches long, the uppermost' clasping the stem, alternate; flower heads yellow, 1 inch wide, sessile, and solitary among the leaves at the ends of branches; bristles capping the seed in 2 rows, the inner row longer and stronger than the outer. Leaves and flowering tops are collected in the first blooming, also the seed when ripe. Occasionally grown in herb gardens and for ornament, but not known to have escaped from cultivation. Contains the principle cnicin. Used as a bitter tonic and as a uterine sedative and hemostatic.
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