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Family 48. Erythroxylace^. — Chloripetalous shrubs or trees 

 with small zygomorphic flowers exhibiting a five-lobed calyx,- five petals, 

 10 hypogynous stamens and a superior ovary; fruit a drupe. Indige- 

 nous to torrid and temperate zones. 



Official drug 



Coca 



Part used 



Leaves 



Botanical name 



/ Erythroxylon Coca 



\ Erythroxylon TruxiUense 



Family 49. Vitace^ or Grape Family. — Chloripetalous shrubs 

 with abundant watery sap, whose stems climb by means of tendrils 

 opposite the leaves; flowers hypogynous; fruit a berry. 



Official drug 



Vinum Album 

 Vinum Rubrum 



Part used 



Fermented juice of fruit 

 Fermented juice of fruit 

 in presence of their skins. 



Botanical name 



Vitis vinifera 

 Vitis vinifera 



Family 50. Punicace^, or Pomegranate Family. — Chloripeta- 

 lous trees of small size with opposite ovate-lanceolate, entire leaves, 

 scarlet receptacle, calyx and corolla; fruit an edible berry with hard 

 rind. 



Official drug 



Granatum 



Part used 

 Bark of stem and root 



Botanical name 



Punica Granatum 



Sub-class b. SympetaljE Gamopetal^ 



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. 



Family i. Rltbiace^. — A large family of gamopetalous trees, 

 shrubs, or herbs — the Madder family — with simple opposite or whorled 



