. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING ROOT DRUGS. 19 (Iru'd rootstook, Imt wIkmi powdered it causes violent sueezluK. 'I'lie rootstock, wliicli lias a l)itter and wvy arrid taste, is poisonous. Collection, pricrff. and uncs.—American lielleboic should be duj: in autumn after the leaves have died, and washed and carefully dried, either in the whole state or sliced in various ways. It deteriorates with age, and should therefore not be kept longer than a year. The adulterations sometimes met witii are the rootstocks of related plants, and the skunk-caltbage is also occasionally found mixed w
. Bulletin. Agriculture. PLANTS FURNISHING ROOT DRUGS. 19 (Iru'd rootstook, Imt wIkmi powdered it causes violent sueezluK. 'I'lie rootstock, wliicli lias a l)itter and wvy arrid taste, is poisonous. Collection, pricrff. and uncs.—American lielleboic should be duj: in autumn after the leaves have died, and washed and carefully dried, either in the whole state or sliced in various ways. It deteriorates with age, and should therefore not be kept longer than a year. The adulterations sometimes met witii are the rootstocks of related plants, and the skunk-caltbage is also occasionally found mixed with it. but this is prob- ably unintentional, as the two plants usually grow close together. Collectors of American hellebore root receive from about .". to 1(» cents a i>ound. American hellebore, otticial in the United States rharmacopoeia, is an acrid, narcotic i»oison. and has emetic, diaphoretic, and sedative l>roperties. . Aid I is fiirinoKii \.. Oilier common names.—Stargrass. l)hizingstar. mealy starwort, star- wort. unict)rn-root. ti'ue unicorn-root, nnicorn-plant. luiicorn's-horn. colic- root, devil's-bit. ague-grass, ague- root, aloe-root, crow-corn, huskwort. A glance at these connnon names will show many that have been ap- plied to other plants, especially to Chamaelirium. with which Aletris is so much confused. In order to guard against this confusion as much as possible, it is best not to use the com- mon names of this plant at all, re- ferring to it only by its generic name, Aletris. Hahit and ranr/e.—Aletris occurs in dry, generally sandy soil, from Maine to Minnesota. Florida, and Tennessee. Description of plant.—As stated under Chamaelirium. this plant is often confused with the former by collectors and others, although there seems to be no good reason why this should be so. The plants do not resemble each other except in habit of growth (see PI. II, figs. 1 and 2). and the trouble undoubtedly arose from a confusion of the somewha
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