THE DICOTYLEDONS 571 
single genus Punica. Leaves opposite to whorled, entire, glabrous 
and extipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, scarlet in the Pome- 
granate (Punica Granatum) solitary or aggregate, terminal, calyx 
petaloid; corolla of 7 to 5 petals inserted to calyx throat; stamens 
numerous; in many series, inserted below the petals; ovary 
inferior and imbedded in upgrown receptacle, its upper portion 
7 to 5 celled with parietal placentation, its lower portion 3 celled 
with central placentation; style filiform; stigma capitate; ovules 
Fic. 432.—The Pomegranate, Punica Granatum—Branch with flowers. (Sayre.) 
numerous, anatropous. Fruit a spherical, baccate capsule 
crowned by the persistent calyx, its locules separated by mem- 
branous septa. Seeds numerous, exalbuminous. 
OrriciAL Druc Part Usep BorTANnicAL ORIGIN HABITAT 
Pelletierinz Tannas Mixture of tannates Punica Granatum India 
of the alkaloids 
Unorrictat. Druc 
Granati Fructus Rind of fruit 
Cortex Punica Granatum India 
Granatum Bark of stem and 
root 
Myrtace&® or Myrtie Famiry.—Rarely herbs (Careya) 
mostly shrubs or trees, some being the tallest trees known (Euca- 
lyptus). Stems often tend to develop cork in flakes which separate 
