532 POWDERED, VEGETABLE DRUGS 



205. (Fig. 197.) VERATRUM VIRIDE. Veratrum. U. S. 



Fl. ex. 60, Tinct. 60. 



American or green veratrum, American hellebore, Indian poke, E. 

 Griiner Germer, G. Ve*ratre vert, Fr. 



The rhizomes and rootlets of Veratrum viride Aiton, Liliaceae. 



Light brownish gray. 



Odorless; somewhat disagreeable when moist. 



Very pungent, bitter. 



Epidermal cells brownish, rather thick- walled. Parenchyma cells 

 medium in size, filled with compound starch granules; some raphides. 

 Sclerenchyma cells with unequally thickened walls of endoderm sheath 

 of rhizome. Tracheids; reticulate and spiral ducts. 



Ash 13 per cent. 



Compare with Veratrum album. 



