514 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
foot Family (Chenopodiaceae), the Pokeweed Family (Phytolaccacee); 
the Amaranth Family (Amaranthacee) which includes the orna- 
mental Cock’s Comb; the Four-o’clock Family (Nyctaginacee) to 
which belong the Marvel of Peru or Four-o’clock and the 
beautiful Bougainvilleas; the Azzoacee containing the Carpet 
Weed (Mollugo verticillata) and the Sea Purslane (Sesuvium 
maritimum), etc.; the Portulaca Family (Portulacacee) which is 
represented by the Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) and the 
Purslane (Portulaca); the Pink Family (Caryophyllacee) which 
includes the Carnations, Corn Cockle, Bouncing Bet, etc. 
CHENOPODIACE2 OR GoosEFooT Famity.—Usually herba- 
ceous halophytes or shore growers, growing also in any alkaline 
soil, more rarely shrubs (Atriplex) or low trees (Haloxylon). 
Among them are several garden vegetables (Spinach, Beets, 
Mangels) and a number of weeds. Leaves alternate to opposite 
sometimes reduced to teeth, entire or lobed. Inflorescence 
spikes or short.racemes of condensed cymes. Flowers regular, 
usually small and greenish. They are either perfect (Beta), 
monoecious (Chenopodium), dicecious (Aériplex sp.), or poly- 
gamous (Kochia or Summer Cypress). Fruit a utricle. Seed 
albuminous. Embryo curved, enclosing central albumen. 
OrrictAL Druc PART Usep BoTranicAL NAME HABITAT 
Oleum Chenopodii Volatile oil Chenopodium ambrosioi- United States 
des var. anthelminticum 
Sucrosum Refined sugar ee wang Prope 
Beta maritima 
UnorFiciAL Druc 
Chenopodium Fruit Chenopodium ambrosioi- United States 
des var. anthelminticum 
PHYTOLACCACE2 OR PoKE Famivy.—A family of apetalous 
trees, shrubs, and herbs with alternate, entire leaves, and flowers 
resembling those of the goosefoot family (Chenopodiacee), but 
differing in having the several-celled ovary composed of carpels 
united in a ring, and forming a berry in fruit. It embraces 21 
genera, and 55 species, mostly tropical and sub-tropical... Only 
the genus Phytolacca occurs in the United States. 
OrFIcIAL DruG PART Usep BoTANIcAL NAME HasrratT 
Phytolacca Root Phytolacca North America 
(Poke Root) americana 
