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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



(Urtica dioica) ; American hellebore {Vcratrum viridc) ; mullein 

 {Verbascum Thapsns) ; blue vervain {Verbena hastata) ; com- 

 mon speedwell {Veronica officinalis). 



Foreign Medicinal Plants. The following are some of the 



Fig. 182, a. a seedling plant of Digitalis about six months old. 



foreign plants that have been profitably cultivated in this coun- 

 try : safflower or American safifron {Carthauiiis tinctorhis) ; an- 

 gelica root {Angelica Archangelica) ; Roman chamomile {An- 

 theuiis nobilis) ; arnica {Arnica montana) ; belladonna {Atropa 

 Belladonna) ; borage {Borago officinalis) ; cayenne pepper (sev- 



