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DESCRIPTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
so as to appear like a stalk, and an angled scape bearing a 
one-sided raceme of pretty and sweet-scenting flowers. Per- 
ianth bell-shaped (white), 6-lobed, deciduous ; the lobes re- 
curved, stamens 6, included, inserted on the base of the per- 
ianth ; anthers introrse. Ovary 3-celled, tapering into a 
stout style; stigma 3-angular. Berry few-seeded, red. 
Found abundantly on the western slopes of the Little and 
Big Frog Mountains, East Tennessee, in the humid atmos- 
phere of about 3,000° elevation. It is, to all appearances, 
the same as the European plant. The flowers, the herb and 
the root are collected separately. 
Polygonatum gigantium, Dietrich. Great Solomon’s Seal. 
Perennial herb with tall, erect and at last curving stems, 2- 
7° high, glabrous throughout, terete. Leaves ovate, partly 
clasping, 3-8' long, the upper oblong and nearly sessile, 
many-nerved ; peduncles 2-8-flowered, jointed below the 
flower. Perianth cylindrical-oblong, 5-9' long, 6-lobed at 
the summit; the 6 stamens inserted on or above the middle of 
the tube, included. Ovary 3-celled. Berry globular, black. 
Rich soil on the edges of woods, along river banks. FI. 
May. The root is collected in the fall. 
Uvularia perfoliata, L. Bellwort. A graceful low perennial, 
stems terete fronfa short fleshy rhizome, naked or scaly at 
base, forking above, “bearing oblong, perfoliate, flat and mem- 
branaceous leaves with smooth margins, and yellowish droop- 
ing flowers. Plant glaucus, J-l^° high. Perianth narrowly 
bell-shaped, deciduous, segments granular-pubescent within, 
8-16" long; stamens shorter than the styles. Capsule trun- 
cate, coriaceous, 3-lobed. Woods, preferring siliceous soil. 
Copiously growing on the hilltops south of Nashville. FI. 
May. The root is used. (Eli Lilly & Co.) 
Erythronium Americanum, Ker. Dog’s-tooth Violet. Stem- 
less herb, with two smooth, shining flat leaves, tapering into 
petioles and sheathing the base of the one-flowered scape, 
rising from a deep solid-scaly bulb. Scape 6-9' high, leaves 
elliptical-lanceolate, pale green, mottled with purplish and 
