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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY<br />

pharmaceutic importance. This, the largest group of Gymnosperms,<br />

includes the pines, firs, spruces, hemlocks, junipers, balsams, cedars,<br />

and arbor ^'ita^. The following Gymnospermous plants yield products<br />

of pharmaceutic and medicinal value:<br />

Fig. 38.—Inflorescences of the pine. 1. Terminal ' twig ; 2. ovulate<br />

staminate cone; 4. two-year-old cone. {FromJIamaker.)<br />

Botanical name<br />

Pinus strotius<br />

Pinus palustris<br />

Pinus glabra<br />

Pinus echinata<br />

Pinus tseda and |<br />

other species of Pinus J<br />

Abies balsamea<br />

Larix decidua<br />

Picea excelsa (Abies excelsa)<br />

Tsuga occidentalis<br />

Juniperus Oxycedrus<br />

Junipcrus communis<br />

Juniperus Sabina<br />

Callitris quadrivalvis<br />

Pinus sylvestris<br />

Products<br />

White pine bark<br />

Turpentine, rosin and tar<br />

Balsam of fir<br />

Venice turpentine<br />

Burgundy pitch<br />

Volatile oil<br />

Oil of cade<br />

Juniper berries and volatile oil<br />

Tops and volatile oil of savin<br />

Sandarac<br />

Volatile oil<br />

cone; 3.

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