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, Lihaceae. 



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. 



