582 



BOTANY 



PART II 





Fig. rj70.—J(itrorrhizaxieltati((hna.t. size). Official. (After Berg and Schmidt.) 



(Fig. 569), a North American, herbaceous plant with large, palmately divided 



leaves and a terminal flower. 

 • Family 7. Menispermaceae. — Similar to 



the preceding family but G 3. For the most 

 part tropical, climbing plants. 



Official. — Calumuae uadix obtained 

 IVom Jatrorrhiza ijahnata (Fig. 570) from 

 Portuguese East Africa. 



Family 8. Lauraeeae. — Aromatic 

 trees or shrubs with entire leathery 

 leaves, which usually persist for several 

 seasons. Only Sassafras (Fig. 572), 

 which has three-lobed leaves as well as 

 simple ones, sheds its foliage annually. No stipules. Flowers incon- 

 spicuous, borne in panicle-like inflorescences. They are actinomorphic 



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Fig. 571. — Flcral iliasnim oi I'ersea. 

 (After EicHi.F.R.) 



