542 PHARMACEUTICAL BO TANY 
UnorrFiciAL DruG Part Usep BorAnicAL NAME HAsirAtT 
Geranium Rhizome Geranium maculatum North America 
Pelargonium 
odoratissimum 
Oil of Rose i z Pelargonium Radula Mediterranean 
: Volatile oil z a 
Geranium Pelargonium regions 
capitatum 
LinACEZ OR FLAx Famity.—Herbs with slender stems and 
alternate, simple, narrow leaves. 
Inflorescence cymose with regu- €3 74 Te! 
lar pentamerous flowers; pistil “& Yi" 
five-carpelled with a five-celled » 
ovary containing two ovules in 
each cavity and having a single 
meee I 
Fic. 410. Fic. 411. 
Fic. 410.—Cranesbill (Geranium maculatum), a perennial herb with palmately- 
parted leaves, pale purple or rose-purple flowers, a tuberculated rhizome and regma 
fruits. The latter, appearing like the bill of a crane, are seen to arise from slender 
stalks forming a fork near the center of the picture. (Reproduced from U.S. Dept. 
Agriculture Misc. Publ. 77.) 
Fic. 411.—ZLinum usitatissimum, an ainvittnk herb with linear-lanceolate leaves 
pale blue flowers and capsular fruits, the source of Flaxseed, Linseed oil and Linen 
fiber. (Sapre.) 
style with a knob-like stigma. While the flower is still in bud 
condition or soon after, there commences an ingrowth of the 
mid-rib of each carpel which proceeds until, when plant is in 
