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leaves, and regular, symmetrical, hypogynous flowers which are four- 

 to five-membered throughout, the petals blue, yellow, or white, and 

 fugacious. It embraces 15 genera and about 235 species, distributed 

 over the world. 



Official drug Part used Botanical name 



Linum Seed Linum usitatissimum 



Family 32. Guttifer^. — A family of polypetalous trees or shrubs 

 — the gamboge family — with resinous juice, opposite, coriaceous leaves, 

 and terminal or axillary clusters of regular dioecious flowers. It em- 

 braces 26 genera and about 370 species, all natives of the tropics. 



Official drug Part used Botanical name 



Cambogia Gum resin Garcinia hanburii 



Famii-y :i2. Malvace^ or Mallow Family. — A family of chlori- 

 petalous herbs, shrubs, or trees abounding in mucilage and usually 

 with the above-ground portion covered with trichomes; the leaves are 

 alternate and palmately nerved; the flowers regular, the corolla beau- 

 tifully colored, funnel or bell-shaped, stamens monadelphous ; fruit a 

 several-celled pod. 



Official drug Part used Botanical name 



Althaea Root (peeled) Althsea officinalis 



Gossypii Cortex Bark of root Gossypium herbaceum 



Gossypium Purificatum Hairs of seed Gossypium herbaceum 



Oleum Gossypii seminis Oil of seed Gossypium herbaceum 



Family 34. PAPAVERACEiE. — A family of polypetalous plants — 

 the poppy family — usually with milky or colored juice, alternate ex- 

 stipulate leaves, and long one-flowered peduncles, the flowers usually 

 with two caducous sepals and four cruciate petals. It embraces 

 about 20 genera and 80 species. 



Herbs or low shrubs with milky or colored, narcotic juices. Flowers 

 showy. Fruit usually a many-sided capsule. Temperate and tropical 

 regions. 



Official drug Part used Botanical name 



Opium Concrete milky exudate Papaver somniferum 



Sanguinaria Rhizome Sanguinaria canadensis 



Family 35. Passiflorace^. — A family of polypetalous shrubs, 

 trees, or rarely herbs — the passion-flower family — often climbing, with 

 alternate, palmately lobed or compound leaves and solitary or racemose, 



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