Digitalis
a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Scrophulariaceæ. Asia. There are numerous species, all of them tall herbs. D. purpurea is the common foxglove. The dried leaves of the foxglove are used in medicine, as powder, infusion, or tincture, or in the form of the active principle, digitalin.
D. purpurea belongs to the order Scrophulariaceæ, and is very useful in cases of heart disease. The powdered leaves or an extract of D. purpurea, ochroleuca, lævigata, ferruginea, and other species, overdoses produce vomiting, vertigo, and other symptoms, followed even by They are natives of Europe and western death.