564 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
HyprrIcAce& or St. Joun’s Wort Fami_y.—Herbs or shrubs 
of temperate climes with opposite (Hypericum perforatum), rarely 
whorled branches and balsamic, resinous juices, which, in the 
herbaceous species, are secreted by black or pellucid glands 
found in the leaf parenchyma. Leaves entire, opposite, usually 
Fic. 428.—Garcinia Hanburyi—Branch of Gamboge plant. (Sayre.) 
sessile, exstipulate, and dotted. Flowers, regular, hypogynous 
and arranged in panicles or forked cymes. Petals usually 5. 
Stamens usually indefinite, rarely definite, often in 3-5 sets, 
more rarely monadelphous or free. _Pistil of usually 3-5 carpels 
with 3-5 celled, compound ovary and as many filiform styles as 
carpels. Fruit a capsule with usually septicidal dehiscence 
