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umbel. Flowers regular, pentamerous; sepals five, aposepalous 

 green; petals apopetalous, varying from white to whitish-pink, 

 pink scarlet, purple to bluish-purple; stamens varying from fifteen 

 to five hypogymous pistil syncarpous of five to three, rarely fewer 

 carpels. Fruit a capsule. Seeds albuminous. 



PIG. 195. Drosera rotundifolia. Production of a young plant from the leaf of an 

 older plant. (Gager.) 



Official drug Part used 



Drosera N.F. Entire plant 



Botanical origin 



Drosera rotundifolia 

 Drosera intermedia 

 Drosera longifolia 



Habitat 



Eastern and west- 

 ern Hemispheres 



XIV. Order Resales. Saxifragacece or Saxifrage Family. 

 Herbs (Saxifraga, Mitella, etc.) or shrubs (Hydrangea, Ribes, 

 Philadelphus, etc.) rich in tannin content, with opposite x or alter- 

 nate leaves usually devoid of stipules. Both stamens and petals are 

 generally inserted on the calyx. Fruit a follicle, capsule, or berry. 

 Seeds with copious albumen. 



