CRUDE DRUGS. 



6ii 



Description. — Broadly elliptical, or rhomboid-obovate, more 

 or less unequal; 3.5 to 12 cm. long, 2.5 to 7 cm. broad; apex 

 rounded, acute or acuminate ; base obliquely cordate ; margin sin- 



FlG. 264. Branch of Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) showing alternate, short- 

 petiolate and pinnate-reticulately veined leaves, having a broadly oval or obovate out- 

 line, round, acute, or slightly acuminate apex; slightly cordate, inequilateral base; and 

 undtilate or sinuous margin. 



uate or sinuate-dentate; upper surface dark green, veins of the 

 first order diverging at an angle of about 60° and running nearly 

 parallel to the margin, with grayish patches of a mold and slightly 



