. The drug plants of Illinois . BETULA LENTA L. Sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, spice birch. Betulaceae.—An aromatic tree 50 to 80 feet tall; baric of the trunk thick and rough, that of the branchlets shiny and reddish-brown; leaves bright green, ovate, acute, 21/ to 4 inches long, sharply serrate, petioled, alternate; flowers in catkins; fruit a winged nutlet, produced in erect, oval cones about 1 inch long. The bark of the trunk collected. Rare in the state, occurring in Lee County and in the bogs of Lake County. Contains an aromatic oil similar to win- tergreen oil and the glucoside
. The drug plants of Illinois . BETULA LENTA L. Sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, spice birch. Betulaceae.—An aromatic tree 50 to 80 feet tall; baric of the trunk thick and rough, that of the branchlets shiny and reddish-brown; leaves bright green, ovate, acute, 21/ to 4 inches long, sharply serrate, petioled, alternate; flowers in catkins; fruit a winged nutlet, produced in erect, oval cones about 1 inch long. The bark of the trunk collected. Rare in the state, occurring in Lee County and in the bogs of Lake County. Contains an aromatic oil similar to win- tergreen oil and the glucoside gaultherin; methyl salicylate is obtained from the glyco- side. Used as a flavoring agent, an antisep- tic, and an antirheumatic. I
Size: 2087px × 2395px
Photo credit: © The Bookworm Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1900, booksubjectbotany, booksubjectbotanymedical
