VANILLA, CAROLINA VIHTJRNUM LENTAGO. 73 



\''anilla, Carolina. See TrUixii odoratissima. 



Vanilla-leaf. See 7yilis<i ndoratissima. 



Vanilla-plant. See Tnl'mi i)d<ir<ttiitmm<i. 



\''elvet-i)lant. See Verhascum. tJuipsus. 



Veratruin. St'e Vcr<ttrv)u rir'ide. 



Veratrum viride Ait. Bunchflower family (Melanthiaceae). 



Veratrum; American hellebore; swamp-helleljore; green hellebore. • 

 Native, ])erennial herb, 2 to 7 feet high, growing in swamps, wet woods, anil 



meadows, Canada and Alaska, Minnesota south to Creorgia. 

 Parts uxeiJ. — Rhizome and roots of this or 1'. aZ/w»r(official). 



Verbascum thapsus \j. Figwort family ( Scrophulariaceae). 



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



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

 and growing in fields, jiaslures, and waste places, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, 

 southward to Florida. 



Parts ufifd. — Leaves and flowers (nonotticial). 



Verbena hastata L. Vervain family (Verbenaceae). 



Vervain; simpler's-joy; 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 nsed. — Root and herb (nonofficial). 

 Veronica officinalis L. Figwort family ( Scrophulariaceae ) . 



Common speedwell; Paul's-betony. 

 Perennial herb, 3 to 10 inches high; in dry fields and woods. Nova Scotia to 



Michigan, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Part used. — Herb (nonofficial). 



Veronica, tall. See Veronica virginica. 



Veronica virginica L.« Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). 



St/iioin/iii. — Li'jttandra virginica^ (L. ) Nntt. " 



Leptandra; Culver' s-root; Culver's-physic; blackroot; Rowman's-root; tali sju'cd- 



well; tall veronica. 

 Indigenous, perennial p'ant, 2 to 5 feet high, in moist, rich ground in woods, 



meadows, and thi('kets from Canada to Alal)ama and Nebraska. 



Parts used. — Rhizome and roots (ofiicial). 

 \'ervain. See Verbena hasUda. 



Viburnum dentatum L. Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). 



Arrow wood; mealy-tree. 



Smooth, indigenous shrub, about 15 feet in height, growing on low ground and in 

 damp woods and thickets from New P>nmswick and Ontario south along the 

 mountains to Ceorgia, and westward to Minnesota. 

 Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 

 Viburnum lentago L. Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). 



Nannybush; shcepljerry; sweet viburnum. 

 An indigenous slirul), sometimes asmall tree; in rich soil from ("anada to ( leorgia 



and Missouri. 

 Part used. — Bark of the root of this specuesorof V. prun [folium ofiicial under the 

 name "Viburnum prunifolium." 



'(Some authors hold that this phmt bolonss to the gciiiis Leptanrlrn and that its iiamo nltould bo 

 l,fl>taii<lni riniinica (L.) Nutt. The Pharmaooixcia is hero I'dHowi'iI. 



