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Encyclopedia Britannica



VERATRUM

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 1016 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VERATRUM . The Greek physicians were acquainted with a poisonous herb which they called
white
 
hellebore
 , and which has been supposed to represent the Veratrum album of modem botanists. Be this as it may, in
modern
  times the name has been applied to a genus of herbaceous
plants
  belonging to the natural order Liliaceae. Veratrum is a tall-growing herb, having a fibrous root-stock, an erect
stem
 , with numerous broad, plicated leaves placed alternately, and terminal, much-branched clusters of greenish or purplish polygamous
flowers
 . Each perfect flower consists of six
regular
  petals, as many stamens, whose anthers open outwardly, and a three-celled superior ovary which ripens into a three-celled, many-seeded capsule. The genus comprises about nine species, natives of the temperate
regions of the northern hemisphere, generally growing in pastures or woods. V. album and the American species V. viride are commonly grown in gardens as ornamental perennials, but their poisonous qualities should be kept in mind, particularly as they
bear
  a considerable resemblance in foliage to the harmless Gentiana lutea. Both contain the potent alkaloid veratrine. (See also
HELLEBORE
 .)


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