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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



Official drug 



N.F. 



Part used 



Angelica Radix Rhizome and 



N.F. roots 



Apii Fructus N.F. Ripe fruit 



Unofficial 



Imperatoria Root 



Botanical origin 



ica and other species 

 of Angelica 

 Angelica atropur- 

 purea and other 

 species of Angelica 

 Apium graveolens 



Habitat 

 and Siberia 



United States 

 and Canada 



England 

 Europe 



Pimpinella 

 Ammoniacum 



Galbanum 

 Levisticum 



Roots 

 Gum-resin 



Gum-resin 

 Root 



Tmperatoria 

 Ostruthiuni 

 Pimpinella Saxifraga \ Central Europe 



. Pimpinella magna 

 Dorema 

 Ammoniacum 

 Ferula galbaniflua 



Levisticum officinale 



J 



Persia 



Persia and 



Afghanistan 



Europe 



Cornacea or Dogwood Family. Herbs (Cornus canadensis, etc.), 

 shrubs (Cornus sanguinea, etc.) or trees (Cornus florida, Nyssa 

 sylvatica, etc.). Leaves simple, alternate (Sour Gum), or opposite 

 (Dogwoods). Inflorescence an umbel or head, the whole being 

 surrounded by an enlarged and more or less petal oid involucre. 

 Flowers regular, rarely pentamerous, more frequently tetramerous; 

 sepals usually four, small tooth-like or absorbed; petals usually 

 four, small, greenish to yellowish to white (Cornus florida), rarely 

 pink or crimson; stamens four or five, alternate to the petals and 

 inserted with the sepals and petals epigynously around and between 

 the nectar disc; pistil syncarpous, bicarpellate, rarely tricarpellate; 

 ovary as many celled with one pendulous ovule in each cavity; 

 style usually simple, ending in rounded or slightly bilobed stigma. 

 Fruit a two-seeded drupe. Seeds albuminous. 



Official drug 



Cornus N.F. N 



Part used 

 Bark of root 



Botanical origin 



Cornus florida 



Habitat 



Eastern United 

 States and 

 Canada 



SUB-CLASS B. SYMPETALE (GAMOPETAL.E OR METACHLAMYDE.E) 



A division of dicotyledonous plants in which the flowers possess 

 both calyx and corolla, the latter with petals more or less united 

 into one piece. 



