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PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY<br />

Family 6. MYRisxiCACEyE.—An order of apetalous trees—the<br />

nutmeg family—comprising the single genus Myristica, of about 80<br />

species.<br />

Myristica.—A large tropical genus of fragrant, apetalous trees<br />

the nutmegs—coextensive with the nutmeg family, having alternate,<br />

entire, often punctate leaves, small dioecious regular flowers, and a<br />

succulent, two-valved one-celled fruit with a solitary seed usually<br />

covered by a lancinate aril.<br />

M. fragrans, a handsome tree, 20 to 30 feet high, of the Malay<br />

archipelago, supplies the nutmegs and mace of commerce.<br />

Official drug<br />

Myristica<br />

Oleum Myristicae<br />

Family 7.<br />

Part used<br />

Kernel of seed<br />

Volatile oil<br />

Botanical name<br />

Myristica fragrans<br />

Myristica fragrans<br />

Laurace^ or Laurel Family.—A family of aromatic<br />

trees or shrubs with alternate, coriaceous, pellucid punctate leaves<br />

containing considerable volatile oil; flowers polygamous, each having<br />

a calyx of four or six colored sepals.<br />

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