578 PENiEACE^. [Perigynous Exogens. 



acid. Endlicher, however, remarks that this drug is not likely to be a product of the 

 present Order. Dioscorides says that it was obtained from a Persian tree ; but whether 

 that were so or not, the manifest relation of the drug called Sarcocol to Galbanmn and 

 Sagapenum, renders it more Ukely to come from some Umbellifer. 



GENERA. 

 Pensea, L. 

 SarcocoUa, Kth. 

 Geisoloma, Lindl. 



Numbers. Gen, 3. Sp. 21. 



Brimiacece. 



Position. Pen^ace.e. — Rhamnaceee. 



Protcacew. 



