574 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
whitish to pink, scarlet, crimson, purple and blue, petals some- 
times synpetalous and cup-like, detaching as the flower opens; 
stamens usually indefinite and epigynous, varying in the color 
of their filaments as do the petals; pistil rarely of ten to six carpels 
usually of five, not infrequently, as in Clove, of four carpels; 
ovary inferior or semi-inferior, as many-celled as there are carpels 
and with central placentation; style elongate; stigma undivided. 
Fruit either a hard, woody indehiscent nut (Brazil Nut), a 
capsule dehiscing at apex (Eucalyptus) or berry (Caryophyllus). 
Seeds exalbuminous. 
OrrictAL Druae PAarT Usep BoTANICAL ORIGIN HABITAT 
Oleum Eucalypti Volatile oil Eucalyptus Globulus : 
and bi other docpabeeany 
and 
Eucalyptus sp. T ; 
Eucalyptol Organic oxide Eucalyptus Globulus ) ~°°"#™* 
Caryophyllus Flower buds Caryophyllus aro- 
maticus 
Oleum Caryophylli Volatile oil Caryophyllus aro- ies Vtandla 
maticus 
Eugenol Aromatic phenol Caryophyllus aro- 
maticus 
West Indies 
Oleum Pimentze Vol. oil Pimenta officinalis fc America 
: Mexico 
Oleum Myrciz Volatile oil Pimenta acris West Indies 
UnorriciAL Druc 
Bay Leaves Leaves Pimenta acris West Indies 
EucalyptiGummi Dried gummy Eucalyptus rostrata Australia 
exudate and other sp. of 
Eucalyptus 
Eucalyptus Sythe-shaped leaf Eucalyptus Globulus Australia 
Oleum Cajuputi Volatile oil from (Var’s. of Melaleuca : 
leaves and twigs crit dara dove or iae 
Pimenta Fruit Pimenta officinalis West Indies 
CoMBRETACEZ OR MyrosBALANs Famity.—Mostly tropical 
shrubs and trees containing considerable tannin. Leaves 
exstipulate, alternate or opposite, simple, pinnately veined, 
entire or toothed. Inflorescence a raceme, spike or head. 
Flowers regular, perfect or imperfect. Fruit a drupe, frequently 
longitudinally winged, containing a single seed. 
Unorricta, Drug —_—s— Part Usep BorAaNnIcAL OriGINn HAsitAT 
Combretum Leaves Combretum Sumatra 
sundaicum 
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