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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



Official drug Part used 



Geranium N.F. Rhizome 

 Unofficial 



Botanical name Habitat 



Geranium maculatum North America. 



Oil of Rose 

 Geranium 



Volatile oil 



Pelargonium 



odoratissimum 

 Pelargonium Radula 

 Pelargonium 



capita turn 



Mediterranean 

 regions 



PIG. 203. Linum usitatissimum. (Sayre.) 



Linacecs or Flax Family. Herbs with slender stems and alter- 

 nate, simple, narrow leaves. Inflorescence cymose with regular 

 pentamerous flowers; pistil five-carpelled with a five-celled ovary 

 containing two ovules in each cavity and having a single style with 

 knob-like stigma. While the flower is still in bud condition or soon 

 after, there commences an ingrowth of the mid-rib of each carpel 



