PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
318 
deeply sunk in upgrown receptacular part; style thread-like, divided 
above into as many stigmas as carpels. Fruit a receptacular berry 
enclosing numerous small seeds. Seeds exalbuminous. 
Official drug 
Cactus 
Grandiflorus 
N.F. 
Part used 
Fresh succulent 
stems 
Botanical origin Habitat 
Cactus grandiflorus 1 _ ... 
... , Tropical America 
(Cereus grandiflorus) j 
Fig. 175 . — Daphne mezereum — Fruiting branch and flowers. (Sayre.) 
XXI. Order Myrtales (Myrtiflorae). — Thymeleacece or Mezereum 
Family . — Shrubs ( Daphne Mezereum ) or low trees, usually of branch- 
ing habit, the stems developing long tenacious bast fibers. Leaves 
