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DRUGS 



Drugs are obtained from oo pi. : cf. e.g. Abrus, Aconitum, Aegle, Aloe, 

 Alpinia, Alstonia, Anckusa, Aralia (ginseng), Atropa (belladonna), 

 Bamboos, Brayera, Brucea, Canella, Cannabis (hemp), Capsicum, 

 Carica, Carum (caraway), Cascarilla, Cassia (senna), Cinchona 

 (quinine, c.), Cinnamomum (camphor), Cistus, Citrullus (colocynth), 

 Citrus, Coix, Cola, Colchicum, Colutea, Commiphora, Convolvulus 

 (scammony), Croton, Curcuma, Datura, Digitalis (digitalin), Dorema 

 (gum-ammoniacum), Dracaena, Drimys, Elettaria (cardamom), 

 Erythroxylon (cocaine), Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Ferula (asafoetida), 

 Gentiana, Glycyrrhiza (liquorice), Guaiacumjpomoea ( jalap), Lewisia, 

 Lindera, Mentha, Menyanthes, Myroxylon, Papaver (opium), Pence- 

 dan urn (dill), Picraena, Pilocarpus, Piper, Podophyllum, Polygala, 

 Pringlca, Rhammts (cascara), Rheum (rhubarb), Ricinus (castor-oil), 

 Ruta (rue), Santalina, Sassafras, Schoenocaulon, Smilax (sarsa- 

 parilla), Strophanthus, Strychnos (strychnine), Styrax, Tamarindus, 

 Toluifera, Trigonella (fenugreek), Uragoga (ipecacuanha), Urginea 

 (squill), Veratrum, Verbascum, Zingibcr (ginger), &c. See Dragen- 

 dorff, Die Heilpflanzen, Stuttgart, 1898. 



Drummondita Harv. (Philotheca EP.). Rutaceae (i). Austr. 



Drupaceae ( Warming) = Rosaceae (sub-order v). 



Drupaceous, drupe-like; drupe, a fleshy fr. with hard endocarp, within 

 which is the seed, Cornaceae,Juglans, Prunus. 



Drupatris Lour. Inc. sed. i Cochin-China. 



Drusa DC. (Bowlesia BH.}. Umbelliferae (i. 2). 3 Am., Canaries. 



Dry fr., esp. achenes and nuts (indehiscent), follicles, legumes and 

 capsules (dehiscent); and schizocarps ; -ing pi., cf. Collecting. 



Dryadaea L. = Dryas L. (Ros.). 



Dryadorchls Schlechtei. Orchidaceae (n. 10). 2 New Guinea. 



Dryandra R. Br. Proteaceae (n). 50 Austr. Like Banksia. 



Dryas L. Rosaceae (in. 2). 2 arctic. D. octopetala L. (alpine in 

 Brit.) is androdioec. in the Alps. Style feathery after fert. (cf. 

 Clematis, Geum). 



Drymaria Willd. Caryophyllaceae (i. 3). 30 trop. and S. temp. 



Drymocallis Fourr. (Potentilla p.p. ). Rosac. (in. 2). 20 N. Am. 



Drymoda Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 16). i Burma. 



Drymoglossum Presl. Polypodiaceae. 10 palaeotrop., Jap. , Chi. D. 

 carnosum (Wall.) J. Sm. has succulent leaves. 



Drymonia Mart. Gesneriaceae (i). 15 trop. Am., W. Ind. 



Drymophila R. Br. Liliaceae (vn). 2 E. Austr., Tasm. 



Drymophloeus Zipp. Palmaceae (iv. i). 15 Malaya, N. Austr. 



Drymotaenium Makino. Polypodiaceae. 2 Japan, Formosa. 



Drynaria (Bory) J. Sm. Polypodiaceae. 20 palaeotrop. D. querci- 

 folia (L.) J. Sm. has dimorphic 1., some projecting, assimilating 

 and spore-bearing, the others small, close to rhiz., collecting 

 humus. 



Dryobalanops Gaertn. f. Dipterocarpaceae. 4 Borneo, Sumatra. D. 

 aromatica Gaertn. &c. yield Borneo or Sumatra camphor, used 

 chiefly in China. The young 1. are red, and hang down. 

 Dryopetalon A. Gray. Cruciferae (2). i Mexico. 

 Dryopteris Adans. (incl. Cyclosorus, Lastrca, Leptogramma, Mcniscium, 

 Phegopteris). 1000 cosmop. D. Filix-mas (L.) Schott 



