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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



MyrtacecR or Myrtle Family. Rarely herbs (Careya) mostly 

 shrubs or trees, some being the tallest trees known (Eucalyptus). 

 Stems often tend to develop cork in flakes which separate much as 

 in the Buttonwoods. Leaves rarely alternate nearly always oppo- 



PIG. 22i. Eugenia aromatica. (Sayre.) 



site, entire, often glistening, subcoriaceous to coriaceous (Euca- 

 lyptus, Pimenta, etc.), frequently edge-on in position upon branches. 

 Inflorescence cymose, at times forming scorpioid cymes becoming 

 condensed into small fascicles, or each cyme condensing into a 

 solitary flower. 



