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GLYCIRRHIZA ECHINATA. PRICKLY-HEADED 
Liquorice. : 
Th RIA Re eee ae oe ak deca stele 
Class and Order. 
DiapELtPHIA DecanpriA. 
Generic Character. | 
Cal. 2-labiatus =. Legumen ovatum compressum. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Giycirruiza echinata ; leguminibus echinatis, floribus capi- 
tatis, stipulis lanceolatis, foliolis glabris oblongis mucro- 
natis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1143. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. 
p. 328. 
Giycirruiza echinata; leguminibus echinatis, foliis stipulatis, 
foliolo impari sessili, Hort. Ups. 230. Sp. Pl. 1046. 
Richard 3. p. 489. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 313. Jacq. 
Hort. Vind. 1. p. 41. t. 95. Gaertn, Sem. 2. p. 319. 
t. 148. £. 6. 
Giycirruiza capite echinato. Bauh. Pin. 352. 
Giycirruiza echinata Dioscoridis, Lob. ic. 2. p. 85. Raj. 
Hist. 914. Bauh. Hist. 2. p. 327. Dod. Pempt. 341. 
Pseupo-eryerrrniza. Riv, fl. irreg. tetrap. t. 3. 
Leis RADIx. Camer. Epit. 428. 
Beene 
Giycrirrniza echinata is distinguished from glabra or the 
common Liquorice by the flowers growing in globular or 
oval, compact heads, as well as by the prickly seed vessels. 
Native of Italy, and was formerly used in medicine, but has 
been sce measure superseded by the common liquorice, 
Which affords a sweeter juice. A hardy herbaceous peren- 
ual. Flowers from June to September. Communicated by 
A. B. Lampert, Esq. from his seat at Boyton. 
