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VANILLA, CAROLINA VIBURNUM LENT AGO. 73 



Vanilla, Carolina. See Trilisa odoratmima. 

 Vanilla-leaf. Sec Trilisa odwratimma. 

 Vanilla-plant. See Trilisa odoratissinia. 

 Velvet-plant. See Verba&eum tkapsus. 

 Veratrara. See Verahrum rirUh . 



Veratrum viride Ait. Bunch.fl.ower family ( Melanthiaceae'i. 



Veratrmn; American hellebore; swamp-hellebore; green hellebore. 



Native, perennial herb, 2 to 7 feet high, growing in swamps, wet woods, and 

 meadows, Canada and Alaska, Minnesota south to Georgia. 



Parts used. — Rhizome and roots of this or V. album ( official ). 

 Verbascum thapsus L. Figwort family ( Scrophulariaceae ). 



Mullein; velvet dock; velvet-plant; flannel-leaf. 



Tall, erect, biennial weed, sometimes 7 feet in height; naturalized from Kurope 

 and growing in fields, pastures, and waste places. Nova Scotia to Minnesota, 

 southward to Florida. 



Parts used. — Leaves and flowers (nonofficial). 

 Verbena hastata L. Vervain family ( Ver benaceae ) . 



Vervain; simpler 7 s-jov; wild hyssop. 



Erect, indigenous perennial, 3 to 4 feet high, found in fields, meadows, and 



waste places, Canada to Nebraska, New Mexico, and Florida, * 



Parts used. — Root and herb ( nonomcial). 

 Veronica officinalis L. Figwort family ( Scrophulariaceae » . 



Common speedwell; PauPs-betony. 



Perennial herb, :\ to 10 inches high; in dry fields and woods, Nova Scotia to 

 Michigan, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Pari used. — Herb (nonolhcial). 

 Veronica, tall. See Veronica drginica. 

 Veronica vir ginica L. « Figrwort family ( Scrophulariaceae ) . 



Synoiuf/n.—Leptandra virginim (L. ) Nutt." 



Leptandra; Culver's-root; Culver's-physic; blackroot; Bowman's-root; tall speed- 

 well; tall veronica. 



Indigenous, perennial pant, 2 to 5 feet high, in moist rub ground in woods, 

 meadows, and thickets from Canada to Alabama and Nebraska. 



Porte axed.— Rhizome and roots (official). 



Vervain. See Verbena hastata. 



Viburnum dentatum L. Honeysuckle family ( Caprifoliaceae ) . 



/ Arrow wood; mealv-tree. 



. Smooth, indigenous shrab, about 15 feet in height, growing. >n low ground and im 



damp woods and thickets from New Brunswick and Ontario south along the 

 mountains to ( ieorgia, and westward to Minnesota. 

 Part used. —Bark (nonofficial). 

 Viburnum lentago 1 , Honeysuckle family ( Caprifoliaceae ) . 



> Nannybush; sheepbrrry; sweet viburnum. 



An indigenous shrub, sometimes a small tree; in rich soil from Canada to Georgia 



and Missouri. 

 Pmi „,,,/.-Bark of the root of this speciesorof V. prunifohum official under the 



name 'Viburnum prunifolium." 



« Some authors hold that this plant belong to .the genus M and that its nam, should be 

 UpUmdra virginim I L. ) Nutt. The Pbarmacopceia is here follow ed. 



