. The drug plants of Illinois . ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L. Dill. Umbelliferae. The seed collected. Grown in home gar- dens in many parts of the state. Contains a volatile, aromatic oil. Used as an aromatic, carminative, condiment, and flavoring agent. ANGELICA ATROPURPUREA L. Great angelica, Aunt Jerichos, archan- gel. Umbelliferae.—A stout, glabrous herb 4 to 6 feet tall, biennial; taproot thick, often branched; stem erect, very stout, jointed, hollow, usually dark purple; leaves alternate, ternately decompound, very large, and with very broad petioles, the lower ones often 2 feet wide; leaflets l
. The drug plants of Illinois . ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS L. Dill. Umbelliferae. The seed collected. Grown in home gar- dens in many parts of the state. Contains a volatile, aromatic oil. Used as an aromatic, carminative, condiment, and flavoring agent. ANGELICA ATROPURPUREA L. Great angelica, Aunt Jerichos, archan- gel. Umbelliferae.—A stout, glabrous herb 4 to 6 feet tall, biennial; taproot thick, often branched; stem erect, very stout, jointed, hollow, usually dark purple; leaves alternate, ternately decompound, very large, and with very broad petioles, the lower ones often 2 feet wide; leaflets lanceolate to ovate, serrate, often incised; flowers white, small, in 9 to 15 umbelled heads; petals inflexed at the tip; umbels up to 10 inches wide, with rays 2 to 4 inches long. The root collected in late fall. An occa- sional, sometimes abundant, plant on alluvial soils along streams in the north- eastern fourth of the state. Contains a volatile oil and the acrid resin angelicin. Used as an aromatic stimulant and tonic, emetic, and diaphoretic. ANTHEMIS NOBILIS L. Chamo- mile, Roman chamomile. Compositae. —^A pubescent, aromatic herb 6 to 18 inches tall, perennial; stem round, with many procumbent branches; leaves alternate, 1 to 2 inches long, compactly subdivided into numerous filiform lobes; flower heads about 1 inch wide, with 12 to 18 white ray flowers, solitary at the ends of bare peduncles terminating the branches. Flower heads collected just before they expand. May possibly be found sparingly near old gardens, as an escape from culti- vation. Contains a volatile oil and a bitter prin- ciple. Used as a tonic, aromatic bitter, mild stimulant, emetic, diaphoretic, and fomen- tatorv.
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