402. Laserpitium.—White Gentian.

Botanical name: 
Laserpitium latifolium
Laserpitium

402. LASERPITIUM.—WHITE GENTIAN. The root of Laserpi'tium latifo'lium Linné. Habitat: Central Europe. Somewhat conical, wrinkled and annulated above, branched below; wood whitish, porous, deprived of the brown, corky layer; aromatic and bitter. Used as a tonic and stimulant. Dose: 15 to 60 gr. (1 to 4 Gm.).

A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.