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1. Pinaceae.—Pine Family

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Botanical name: 
Pinaceae

Trees or shrubs with a resinous juice. The wood differs from that of dicotyledons in that it is destitute of ducts, but has instead bordered disks. The leaves are usually fascicled, and are mostly awl- or needle-shaped. Fruit a cone or galbulus.


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.

  • 19. Sabina.—Sabina. Savine.
  • 20. Juniperus virginiana.
  • 21. Pinus alba, N.F.—White Pine. 21a. Pinus montana.—Pinus pumilio.
  • 22. Thuja N.F.—Arbor vitae.
  • 23. Juniperus, N.F.—Juniper Berries.
  • 24. Oleum cadinum.—Oil of Cade.
  • 25. Tsuga canadensis.—Hemlock Spruce.
  • 26. Larix Americana. Tamarac. American Larch.
  • 27. Terebinthina, N.F.—Turpentine.
  • 27b. Oleum terebinthinae, U.S.—Oil of Turpentine. Spirits of Turpentine.
  • 27c. Resina, U.S.—Resin. Rosin. Colophony.
  • 28. Pix liquida.—Tar.
  • 29. Terebinthina canadensis.—Canada Turpentine.
  • 30. Pix canadensis.—Canada Pitch or Hemlock Pitch.
  • 31. Pix burgundica.—Burgundy Pitch.
  • 32. Succinum.—Amber. 32a. Oleum Succini.—Oil of Amber.
  • 33. Dammara.—Dammar. Gum Dammar.
  • 34. Kauri resin.—Kauri gum.
  • 35. Sandaracca.—Sandarac.

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