Pharmaceutical botany - Lighthouse Survival Blog
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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.