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elongate above ground and become wiry and herbaceous or 
semi-shrubby as Smilax, or the stem may remain short, giving 
rise to thick, fleshy and sap-storing leaves, as in Aloe. Leaves 
linear to lanceolate, ovate rarely wider, divisible into sheating 
base, narrow petiole and expanded blade. Venation, parallel, 
becoming in some ovate leaves parallel with oblique connec- 
tions, reticulate or highly reticulate, as in the Sarsaparilla plants 
and other species of Smilax. The perianth is parted into six 
segments, the calyx and corolla being alike in color. Anthers 
introrse. Ovary three-locular with a single style. Fruit a 
three-locular, loculicidally dehiscent capsule (Lilium, Colchicum, 
etc.) or rarely a berry (Asparagus, Lily-of-the-valley, etc.). 
Seeds usually numerous with fleshy endosperm. 
OrrictAL Dru Part Usrp BoTranicAL NAME HasitaT 
Smilax medica Mexico 
Smilax ornata Costa Rica 
Sarsaparilla Root Smilax officinalis or Guatemala, 
an undetermined Honduras and 
species Nicaragua 
Veratrum Viride Rhizome and roots Veratrum viride United States 
Colchici Cormus Corm Colchicum Mediterranean 
autumnale Basin 
Colchici Semen _—_ Seed Colchicum Mediterranean 
autumnale Basin 
Aloe vera Dutch West 
‘ : Indies 
Aloe am juice of Aloe Pecryi ORES 
Aloin Pentoside East Africa 
Scilla Inner scales of bulb Urginea maritima Mediterranean 
(Scilla maritima) Basin 
Convallariae Rhizome and roots Convallaria majalis Europe, Asia, 
Radix United States 
Trillium Rhizome and roots Trillium erectum North America 
Aletris Rhizome and roots Aletris farinosa Eastern United 
States 
Helonias Rhizome and roots Chamelirium luteum Eastern United 
States 
UnorriciAL DruG 
Cape Aloe Inspissated juice Aloe ferox S. Africa 
jez and 
Sabadilla Seed Asagrza officinalis Central 
America 
Red Squill Bulb Urginea maritima Mediterranean 
(red variety) Basin 
