AMIANTHIUM

(Lat.), n. n. A?m(a3m)-i2-a2n(a8n)thi2-13m- (atm). More properly, amiantanthiun (from éptavros, pure, and dv- 80s, a flower). A genus of mela nth a ceo us plants established by Gray, loa allied to Veratrum, from which it is chiefly distinguished by its white flowers, arranged in racemes, and by the le marked union of the segments of its perianth. [B, 34.] —A, an gust i folium [Gray]. A species with a slender stem and acute narrow linear leaves, found in the southeastern Atlantic States, [B, 34.|— A. musewtoxieum [Gray]. Syn.: Helonias erythrosperma [N chaux]. Fly-poison; a species found in SWaTapy4 places in the middle and southern Atlantic States, dist in gui she y its bulbous stem, its flat, obtuse, broadly linear leaves, and its scarlet seeds. It contains a narcotic poison, which affects cattle feeding upon the plant, and the bulbs are employed as a fly-poison. [B, 19, ay