VKUATKUM — FALSK lIKLLKHuUK. 



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tannin, etc., trilliiim contains a potMilifti* iicrid priiiciplo wliich rcciuircH 

 further iiivcHli^iitinii. 



J'n'i)(traliuii.-<. — Uwcil in powder nnd in infuHion. 



Mi'diad J'i'oprii it's and I'kcx. — Trillium is said to 1x3 aHtriiijj;ont, tonic, 

 and alterative. From its suppoHcd action upon the uteruw it derived tho 

 name birth-root. It lias been enipU)yed to (^heck ]ieniorrha<,'e9, as opiH- 

 taxis, hieino})tyKis, and nicnorrliar^ia, and as an aHtrin^cut and siiinulalinfjf 

 ii])plication to ulcers, etc. It is little used except by eclectic practitionera. 



VKRATUUM.— Falsi; IIki.m-.iiokk. 

 Veratrum viride Alton. — American Ilcllnboiv. 



Fio. 169. — Veratnmi viriclc. 



Description. — Flowers monoeciously polygamous. Perianth of 6, sepa- 

 I'ate, spreading, yellowish-green, persistent sepals. Stamens free from, and 



