PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
Fig. 195. —Drosera rotundifolia. Production of a young plant from the leaf of an 
older plant. (Gager.) 
Official drug Part used Botanical origin Habitat 
{ Drosera rotundifolia ) 
Drosera intermedia l 1 as ern an west- 
Drosera longifolia j Hem,spheres 
XIV. Order Rosales.— Saxifragacece or Saxifrage Family .— 
Herbs ( Saxifraga , Mitella, etc.) or shrubs {Hydrangea, Ribes, 
Philadelphus, etc.) rich in tannin content, with opposite or alter¬ 
nate leaves usually devoid of stipules. Both stamens and petals are 
generally inserted on the calyx. Fruit a follicle, capsule, or berry. 
Seeds with copious albumen. 
umbel. Flowers regular, pentamerous; sepals five, aposepalous 
green; petals apopetalous, varying from white to whitish-pink, 
pink scarlet, purple to bluish-purple; stamens varying from fifteen 
to five hypogymous pistil syncarpous of five to three, rarely fewer 
carpels. Fruit a capsule. Seeds albuminous. 
