VERATRUM, WHITE HELLEBORE; a genus of the monocot order, belonging to the polygamia class of plants. There are four species.
The root of the album, or white hellebore, promotes violent sneezing, and is mixed in ointments, to cure the itch. It is never now given inwardly. Boerhaave very justly observes, that it is a medicine much fitter for horses than men. It is administered as a sternutatory, with great success, in apoplexies and lethargic complaints.