GLYCYRRHIZA 



227 



//. Non-cellular. 



Araroba, Powder, 254. 



ACACIA, Gum, 255. 



TRAGACANTHA, ... " 256. 



(G^bS? }... Extractive, 257. 



KINO, " 258. 



EXTRACTUM 1 

 GLYCYRRHIZ^E, / 23 a< 



COPAIBA Oleo-resin, 259. 



?OPAIB^, }..-. Volatile Oil, 259 a. 



Pongamia Fixed Oil, 260. 



Copal, Resin, 261. 



BALSAMUM \ . 



PERUVIANUM, / ' ' ' ' Balsam 262 - 

 BALSAMUM \ 

 TOLUTANUM, / 2b3 ' 



230. GLYCYRRHIZA. GLYCYRRHIZA 

 LICORICE ROOT 



The dried rhizome and root of Glycyrrhi'za gla'bra typica Regel et Herder, and 

 Glycyrrhiza glabra glandulif' era Regel et Herder. Spanish and Russian 

 respectively. 



FIG. 120. Glycyrrhiza glabra Branch. 



BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. Plants 4 to 5 feet high. Leaves impairipinnate; 

 leaflets about 13, oval. Racemes axillary, flowers distinct, pale blue. Legume 

 ovate, compressed. 



SOURCE. Russia exports the largest amount, Syria the smallest. Par- 

 tiality for the Spanish root is now unwarranted; the close digging, 



