The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 35 GEANOTHUS AMERIGANUS L. New Jersey tea. Rhamnaceae.—A free- ly branching shrub 2 to 4 feet high; root- stock dark red; stems pubescent when young; leaves oblong-ovate, serrate, 2 to 3 inches long, strongly 3-ribbed, alternate, short-petioled; flowers white, in dense clusters at the ends of long terminal or axillary peduncles, 5-parted; fruit a bluntly triangular, dry, leathery capsule containing 3 smooth, light brown, small seeds. Leaves, rootstock, and bark of the root- stock are collected. Fr
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 Tehon THE DRUG PLANTS OF ILLINOIS 35 GEANOTHUS AMERIGANUS L. New Jersey tea. Rhamnaceae.—A free- ly branching shrub 2 to 4 feet high; root- stock dark red; stems pubescent when young; leaves oblong-ovate, serrate, 2 to 3 inches long, strongly 3-ribbed, alternate, short-petioled; flowers white, in dense clusters at the ends of long terminal or axillary peduncles, 5-parted; fruit a bluntly triangular, dry, leathery capsule containing 3 smooth, light brown, small seeds. Leaves, rootstock, and bark of the root- stock are collected. Frequent in dry, usually woody situations in the northern quarter of the state; becoming rare south- ward; flowering in June and early July. Contains tannin and the active principle ceanothin, which tends to increase blood clotting in wounds. Used as an astringent. GELASTRUS SGANDENS L. Bit- tersweet, false bittersweet, American bittersweet. Celastraceae.—A twining, woody, smooth vine; stems moderately slender, climbing to 20 or 30 feet; leaves ovate, pointed, 4 to 5 inches long, finely serrate, short-petioled, alternate; flowers small, greenish-yellow, in racemes; fruit an orange capsule that opens and folds backward to expose 3 crimson, seed-con- taining arils. Bark of the root, also that of the stem, collected. Abundant to rare in woods and along fences, more or less throughout the state. Medicinally effective constituents un- known; said to contain euonymin. U?ed as a diaphoretic, diuretic, alterative, and mild narcotic, also as an insecticide. [The true bittersweet is Solarium Dulca- mara; it and the above should not be con- fused.] GENTAUREA GYANUS L. Gorn- flower,' bachelor's button. Compositae. Commonly grown, and persisting, in home gardens throughout the state. Contains the glucoside cyanin.
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