Medeola
(name of mythological origin, after the sorceress Medea; from the wholly imaginary notion that the species possesses great medicinal virtues). SYN> Gyromia. ORD. Liliaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy herbaceous plant, with a white rhizome, tasting like Cucumber. It thrives best in a rich sandy soil. Propagated by dividing the plant, in spring. M. asparagoides. See Myrsiphyllum asparagoides.
M. virginiana (Virginian). fl. yellow or greenish-yellow, in a sessile umbel. June. l. whorled, obovate-lanceolate, sessile. Stem erect, simple. h. 9in. Virginia, 1759. (B. M. 1316.)