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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



XV. Order Geraniales (Gruinales). Geraniacea or Geranium 

 Family. Herbaceous, rarely semi-succulent sub-shrubby plants. 

 Stems cylindrical, often hairy or glandular hairy. Leaves alternate 

 to opposite, stipulate; venation from pinnate to palmate, so leaf 

 shape from ovate to pinnatifid to pinnatipartite to sub-palmatifid to 

 palmatipartite to compound palmate. Inflorescence either a diche- 

 sial or scorpioid cyme. Flowers regular pentamerous (Geranium) 



