[2594] Those who wish to study the question, can consult Murray’s Apparatus Medicaminum. vol. v. (1790) 142-146.
[2595] Beitr. zur gerichtl. Chemie, St Petersb., 1872. 95.
[2596] For good specimens of which I am indebted to Dr. Weppen.—F. A. F.
[2597] The name Green Hellebore is sometimes applied to this drug, but it properly belongs to Helleborus viridis L., which is medicinal in some parts of Europe.
[2598] Sims in contrasting Veratrum viride with V. album observes that the flowers of the former are “more inclined to a yellow green,” the petals broader and more erect, with the margins, especially about the claw, thickened and covered with a white mealiness. Bot. Mag. xxvii. (1808) tab. 1096.—Regel has described four varieties of Veratrum album L., as occurring in the region of the Lower Ussuri and Amurland, one of which, var. γ., he has identified with the American V. viride.—Tentamen Floræ Ussuriensis, St. Petersb. 1761. 153.
[2599] New England’s Rarities discovered, Lond. 1672. 43; also Account of two Voyages to New England, Lond., 1674, 60. 76.
[2600] Travels in North America, vol. ii. (1771) 91.
[2601] Am. Journ. of Pharm. iv. (1839) 89.
[2602] Proc. of Am. Pharm. Assoc. 1862. 226.
[2603] Ibid., 1877. 439. 523.