. The drug plants of Illinois . MENTHA PIPERITA L. Pepper- mint, lammint, lamb mint, brandy mint. Labiatae. U. S. P. XI, pp. 230, 259.—An erect, branching, smooth herb 1 to 3 feet tall, perennial; rootstocks long, creeping; stems 4-angled, reddish-purple to green; leaves dark green, ovate, aromatic, oppo- site, petioled, serrate, 1 to 2 inches long; flowers purplish, small, hardly 2-lipped, in dense, oblong, terminal spikes. Leaves and flowering tops collected as soon as the flowers commence opening. In moist places about lakes and streams and along roads and ditches throughout the state. Cont
. The drug plants of Illinois . MENTHA PIPERITA L. Pepper- mint, lammint, lamb mint, brandy mint. Labiatae. U. S. P. XI, pp. 230, 259.—An erect, branching, smooth herb 1 to 3 feet tall, perennial; rootstocks long, creeping; stems 4-angled, reddish-purple to green; leaves dark green, ovate, aromatic, oppo- site, petioled, serrate, 1 to 2 inches long; flowers purplish, small, hardly 2-lipped, in dense, oblong, terminal spikes. Leaves and flowering tops collected as soon as the flowers commence opening. In moist places about lakes and streams and along roads and ditches throughout the state. Contains the aromatic oil of peppermint, which contains menthol. Used as an aro- matic, stimulant, and carminative.
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