VANILLA, CAROLINA VIBURNUM LENTAGO. 73 



Vanilla, Carolina. See Trilisa odoratissima. 

 Vanilla-leaf. See Trilisa odoratissima. 

 Vanilla-plant. See Trilisa odoratissima. 

 Velvet-plant. See Verbascum thapsus. 

 Veratrum. See Veratrum viride. 



Veratrum viride Ait. Bunchflower family (Melanthiaceae). 



Veratrum; American hellebore; swamp-hellebore; green hellebore. 

 Native, perennial herb, 2 to 7 feet high, growing in swamps, wet woods, and 



meadows, Canada and Alaska, Minnesota south to Georgia. 

 Parts used. — Rhizome and roots of this or V. album (official). 

 Verbascum thapsus L. Fig-wort family (Scrophulariaceae). 



Mullein; velvet dock; velvet-plant; flannel-leaf. 



Tall, erect, biennial weed, sometimes 7 feet in height; naturalized from Europe 

 and growing in fields, pastures, and waste places, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, 

 southward to Florida. 

 Parts used. — Leaves and flowers (nonofficial). 

 Verbena hastata L. Vervain family ( Verbenaceae). 



Vervain; simpler' s- joy; wild hyssop. 

 Erect, indigenous perennial, 3 to 4 feet high, found in fields, meadows, and 



waste places, Canada to Nebraska, New Mexico, and Florida. 

 Parts used. — Root and herb (nonofficial). 

 Veronica officinalis L. Fig-wort family ( Scrophulariaceae ) . 



Common speedwell; Paul's-betony. 

 Perennial herb, 3 to 10 inches high; in dry fields and woods, Nova Scotia to 



Michigan, south to North Carolina and Tennessee. 

 Part used. — Herb (nonofficial). 

 Veronica, tall. See Veronica virginica. 



Veronica virginica L.« Fig-wort family (Scrophulariaceae). 



Synonym.. — Leptandra virginica (L. ) Nutt." 



Leptandra; Culver' s-root; Culver' s-phy sic; blackroot; Bowman's-root; tall speed- 

 well; tall veronica. 

 Indigenous, perennial p'.ant, 2 to 5 feet high, in moist, rich ground in woods, 



meadows, and thickets from Canada to Alabama and Nebraska. 

 Parts used. — Rhizome and roots (official). 

 Vervain. See Verbena hastata. 



Viburnum dentatum L. Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). 



Arrow wood; mealy-tree. 



Smooth, indigenous shrub, about 15 feet in height, growing on low ground and in 

 damp woods and thickets from New Brunswick and Ontario south along the 

 mountains to Georgia, and westward to Minnesota. 

 Part used. — Bark (nonofficial). 

 Viburnum lentago L. Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). 



Nannybush; sheepberry; sweet viburnum. 

 An indigenous shrub, sometimes a small tree; in rich soil from Canada to Georgia 



and Missouri. 

 Part used. — Bark of the root of this species or of V. prunifolium official under the 

 name "Viburnum prunifolium." 



a Some authors hold that this plant belongs to the genus Leptandra and that its name should be 

 Leptandra virginica (L.) Nutt. The Pharmacopoeia is here followed. 



