ALETRIS

(Lat.), n. f.. Gen., alet’ridos (-dis). From dAezpés, one of the noble maidens who prepared the meal for the offering-cakes (because the flowers of À, farinosa have a meal. appearance), [A, 311; B.] Fr., alétris, Ger., Aletris, It., atetrt, A genus of hæmod or a ceo us herbs established by Linnæus, distinguished by the arrangement of the flowers in racemes and by the rugous appearance of the perianth. [B, 34.]—A. alba [Michaux]. See A. farinosa.—A. aurea, ace having like properties wit A. farinosa. [L, 63.]—A. capensis [Linnæus du cap. Syn.: Veltheimia capensis [Redouté] (seu vit illdenow}). A species which furnishes a sweet syrupy liquid that exudes from Gen., alem'atos (-tis). A‘lan-wa?, A corruption of or leno is Almond und salt. [Ruose drops which glands of the receptacle and is used as an article of food. the [B, 173.] —A, farinosa [Linnæus}. Fr,, alétris farineux. Ger., mehlige A. Star-gra , colic-root, aloeroot, bitter gra , black root, unicorn-root, ague-root, ague gra , devil’s-bit, starwort, mealy starwort, blazing star; a species rowing throughout the United States, aving a scape from 20 to 30 inches high, with oblong tubular white flowers disposed on pedicels in athin raceme. [B, 34.] Its rhizome, which is used in medicine, is dark-brown externally, white within, and 1} to 4 inch thick. It contains starch, also a bitter principle which is tonic in small doses and eme to cathartic in large doses. It is used as a tonic and stomachic, also in diseases of the chest and of the uterus. [B, 5, 33,93; ** Lancet,” July 4, 1885, p. 36 (B); L, 45, 61, 65.]—A. zeylanica [Mil ler]. See SANSEVIERA zeylanica. —Mehlige A. (Ger.). See A, farinosa.