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(Urtica dioica) ; American hellebore (Veratrtim viride) ; mullein 

 (Verbascum TImpsiis) ; blue vervain (Verbena hastata) ; com- 

 mon speedwell (Veronica officinalis). 



Foreign Medicinal Plants. — The following are some of the 

 foreign plants that might be profitably cultivated in this coun- 

 try, but plants and seeds can probably only be obtained through 

 dealers in foreign plants and seeds: Guaco root (Agave plani- 

 folia) ; pellitory (Anacyclus Pyrethrnm) ; safflower or American 

 saffron (Carthamus tinctorius) ; angelica root (Angelica Archan- 

 gelica) ; Roman chamomile (Anthemis nobilis) ; arnica (Arnica 

 montana) ; sabadilla (Asagrcca officinalis) ; blood flower or bas- 

 tard ipecacuanha (Asclepias Curasscuvica) ; belladonna (Atropa 

 Belladonna) ; wood betony (Betonica officinalis) ; borage (Bor- 

 ago officinalis) ; bou-nefa or thapsia (Thapsia Garganica) ; man- 

 aca (Brunfelsia Hopeana) ; bryony (Bryonia alba) ; canella 

 (Canella Winterana) ; cayenne pepper (several species of Cap- 

 sicum, see p. 578) ; senna (Cassia acutifolia and C. angusti- 

 folia) ; lippia Mexicana (Cedronella mexicana) ; colocynth 

 (Citrullus Colocynthis) ; colchicum corm and seed (Colchicum 

 autumnale) ; conium (Conium maculatuni) ; cascarilla (Croton 

 Eluteria) ; stavesacre seed (Delphinium Staphisagria) ; duboisia 

 leaves (Duboisia myoporoides) ; eye-bright (Euphrasia offici- 

 nalis) ; gentian (Gentiana lutea) ; licorice (Glycyrrhisa glabra 

 and the var. glandulifera) ; black hellebore (Helleborus niger) ; 

 henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) ; mate or Paraguay tea (Ilex para- 

 guayensis) ; elecampane (Inula Helenium) ; Florentine orris root 

 (Iris fforentina) ; laurel, sweet bay (Laurus nobilis) ; bitter bugft- 

 weed, water or marsh horehound (Lycopus europceus) ; wild or 

 German chamomile (Matricaria Chamomilla) ; water fennel seed, 

 fine-leaved water-hemlock (CEnanthe Phellandrium) ; poppy 

 (Papaver somniferum) ; bistort (Polygonum bistorta) ; tormen- 

 tilla root (Potentilla Tormentilla) ; lungwort (Pulmonaria offici- 

 nalis) ; rhubarb (Rheum officinale) ; cevadilla (Schcenocaulon 

 officinale) ; scopola (Scopolia Carniolica) ; figroot or carpenter's 

 square (Scrophularia nodosa) ; European goldenrod (Solidago 

 Virgaurea) ; water germander (Teucrium scordium) ; thapsia 

 (Thapsia Garganica) ; squill (Urginea maritima) ; valerian (Vale- 

 riana officinalis) ; pansy (Viola tricolor). 



