180 PHARMACOPEIAL DRUGS 



as to have become its universal appellation, needing 

 no interpretation. 



The root of this plant has ever been used in its native 

 haunts, which cover much of Africa, Europe and adja- 

 cent lands. Like the honey bee, it follows civilization; 

 and like the English sparrow, it craves the company of 

 man. Its burr goes with man into all inhabited coun- 

 tries, and whether or not it be a welcome guest, its 

 broad leaves are to be found about every dwelling. If 

 the plant were rare, florists would probably consider it 

 very attractive. Burdock has been used from time out 

 of date in domestic medicint. Several varieties have 

 inherited the common name, such works as Salmon, 

 (570a), 1683; Samuel Dale, (179), 1737;Quincy, (532), 

 1749; Lewis, (382), 1768, and Motherby, (451b), 1775, 

 testifying thereto. In all these it is titled Bardana. 



LEPTANDRA (Leptandra, Culver's Root) 



Introduced in 1860. Official in all editions following, including 

 1900, but dropped from 1910. 



Leptandra, Veronica virginica, grows hi rich wood- 

 lands throughout the United States east of the Mis- 

 sissippi River, being found in abundance wherever it is 

 native to a section and the woodlands have remained 

 undisturbed. The various species are known under 

 many local names, such as black root, Culver's root, 

 Brinton root, Bowman root, physic root, etc., as used 

 by the settlers, who derived their knowledge of the drug 

 from the Indians, and designated the plant from its 

 characteristics, or from the name of the man who used 

 it hi his practice. The Delaware Indians called the plant 

 Quitel, and the Missouri and Osage tribes knew it as 

 Hini. Leptandra was employed in decoction by settlers 



