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Official  Pharmacy. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1886. 
Uva-ursi  and  gaultheria  are  in  the  sub-order  Ericinece,  and  chim- 
aphila  in  the  sub-order  Pyrolineoe.,  both  of  the  order  Ericacecz. 
Pvbiacece  contains  no  sub-orders  and,  consequently ,  the  official 
Cinchonese  and  Coffese  do  not  exist. 
There  are  no  sub-orders  in  UmbeUiferce,  and  therefore,  the  Ortho- 
spermse,  Coelospermse,  and  Campy lospermse  have  no  existence. 
Pomegranate  is  in  the  order  Lyihracece,  and  hence  Granatacese  is 
unknown. 
HamamelacecB  has  no  sub-orders,  and  so  Balsamifluse  is  unreal. 
Posacece  presents  no  sub-orders,  as  indicated  in  the  Pharmacopoeia, 
but  it  is  possessed  of  ten  tribes.  Quince  belongs  to  the  tribe  Pomece, 
the  roses  to  Posece,  Rubus  to  Pubece,  Quillaia  to  Quillajece,  and  the 
almond,  prune  and  wild  cherry  to  Prunece. 
Officially,  the  sub-orders  of  Leguminosw  are  somewhat  confused. 
The  genera  Copaifera  and  Haimatoxylon  properly  belong  to  the  sub- 
order Ccesalpiniece,  and  not,  as  according  to  the  Pharmacopoeia,  to 
Papilionacece. 
Rhus  and  mastic  must  be  referred  to  the  order  Anacardiacece,  the 
official  order  Terebinthacese  being  unknown. 
Guarana  is  in  the  sub-order  Sapindew,  order  Sapindacew. 
There  is  no  order  Aquifoliacese.  Prinos  belongs  to  the  order 
Ilicinece. 
Putacece  has  no  sub-orders,  but  seven  tribes.  Orange,  lemon  and 
bergamot  belong  to  the  tribe  Aurantiece,  prickly  ash  to  Xanihoxyleaz, 
buchu  to  Diosmece,  and  rue  to  Putece.  There  is  no  order  Auranti- 
acese. 
No  such  order  as  Erythroxylacese  seems  to  exist,  but  Erythroxylon 
is  found  in  the  order  IAnaceaz. 
As  there  are  no  sub-orders  in  Oruciferce,  it  is  evident  that  the  sub- 
order Siliquosse  is  fictitious. 
From  the  practical  stand-point  of  pharmacy,  the  utility  of  this 
extensive  classification  is  not  apparent.  In  illustration  of  this,  a 
glance  at  the  order  Leguminosaz  will  suffice.  Furthermore,  it  can 
aid  very  little,  but  rather  confuse,  in  the  identification  of  biological 
products  listed  in  Materia  Medica.  For  purposes  of  identification 
and  guide  in  reference  to  quality,  the  more  specific  and  individual 
characters  require  scrutiny,  and  for  such  purposes  much  more 
ample  and  effective  measures  are  known. 
