. The drug plants of Illinois . MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS (L.) Lam. Sweet clover, yellow sweet clover, melilot. Leguminosae. The herb (leaves and tops) and the flowers collected. Cultivated in large acreages, also established in waste ground, throughout the state. Contains the aromatic principle coumarin. Used as an expectorant and diuretic. MELISSA OFFICINALIS L. Balm, lemon balm, garden balm, honey plant, sweet Mary. Labiatae.—^An erect, much- branched, finely hairy, lemon-scented herb 1 to 2l/^ feet tall, perennial; leaves oval to cordate, 1 to 2i/^ inches long, round- toothed, opposite, petiol
. The drug plants of Illinois . MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS (L.) Lam. Sweet clover, yellow sweet clover, melilot. Leguminosae. The herb (leaves and tops) and the flowers collected. Cultivated in large acreages, also established in waste ground, throughout the state. Contains the aromatic principle coumarin. Used as an expectorant and diuretic. MELISSA OFFICINALIS L. Balm, lemon balm, garden balm, honey plant, sweet Mary. Labiatae.—^An erect, much- branched, finely hairy, lemon-scented herb 1 to 2l/^ feet tall, perennial; leaves oval to cordate, 1 to 2i/^ inches long, round- toothed, opposite, petioled; flowers white or cream, tubular, 2-lipped, 1/2 inch or more long, in clusters of several in the leaf axils. The leaves, or the entire herb, collected. Introduced; infrequent to rare in the vicinity of the earliest settlements in southern Illinois, especially along the Wa- bash and Ohio rivers; June and July. Contains an aromatic oil. Used as an aromatic flavor, diaphoretic, and febrifuge. MENISPERMUM CANADENSE L. Yellow parilla, moonseed, Canada moonseed, Texas sarsaparilla. Meni- spermaceae.—A woody, climbing, left-to- right twisting, usually smooth vine, peren- nial; stems slender, round, 6 to 12 feet long; leaves 7-lobed and maple-like to cordate and without lobes, 4 to 8 inches wide, slender- and long-petioled, alternate; flowers whitish, small, in loose, axillary panicles; fruit a blue-black, glaucous berry containing 1 flattened, moon-shaped seed. The rhizome and roots collected. In woods on stream banks, sometimes on fences, throughout the state, infrequent to common. Contains the alkaloids berberine and menispine. Used as a tonic, alterative, and diuretic.
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