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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



uniflora)\ Flowers regular, passing to irregular (Rhododendron}, 

 pentamerous or tetramerous; sepals five tq. four, rarely fewer, apo- 

 to synsepalous, usually green, sometimes brightly petaloid; petals 

 five more rarely four, slightly to deeply synpetalous, cup-shaped 

 (Kalmia) to urceolate (Arctostaphylos, Andromeda, etc.), yellow to 

 white or through yellow pink to scarlet to crimson to crimson- 

 purple; stamens ten to eight in two circles of five to four each, be- 

 coming by absorption of inner circle, five to four only, hypogynous, 

 epipetalous or epigynous; anthers two-celled, dehiscing by apical 

 pores (Arctostaphylos) or apical slits; pollen sometimes agglutinated 

 into long viscous threads; pistil five- to four-, rarely six- to eight car- 

 peled, superior, rarely semi-inferior to inferior ( Vaccinece) ; ovarv as 

 many celled as there are carpels; style elongated, filiform, usually 

 five- to four lobed. Fruit a capsule (Trailing Arbutus), berry \Vac- 

 cinium) or false drupe (Gaultheria). Seeds small, anatropou* 



Official drug 



Chimaphila N.F. 



Uva Ursi 



Methylis Salicylas 



Unofficial 



Gaultheria 



Part used 



Leaves 



Leaves 



Volatile oil 



Leaves 



Botanical origin 



Chimaphila 

 umbellata 



Arctostaphylos Uva 



Ursi 



Gaultheria 

 procumbens 



Habitat 



United States, 

 Canada, North- 

 ern Europe and 

 Asia 



Northern United 

 States and 

 Canada, Europe 

 and Asia 



United States and 



Canada 



Gaultheria United States and 



procumbens Canada 



II. Order Ebenales. Sapotacea or Star Apple Family. Tropical 

 shrubs or trees (Palaquium) characterized by the presence of lati- 

 ciferous sacs in the pith and cortex of the stems and adjoining the 

 veins of the leaves. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, evergreen and 

 coriaceous. Flowers perfect, large and axillary. Fruit a berry 

 (Palaquium) rarely a capsule (Ponteria). 



Official drug Part used Botanical origin Habitat 



(Purified coagu- 

 lated milky 

 exudate 



Various species of 

 Palaquium 



Indo-China and 

 East Indies 



