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A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



following are the source of FOLIA MALABATHRI : C. Tamala of 

 Assam and C. javanica. 



Glycyrrhiza glabra is a perennial herb, with 8- to 14-foliate 



FIG. 318. Spanish licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) plant grown from a cutting 

 by the late Henry N. Rittenhouse of Philadelphia. 



leaves (Fig. 318), the leaflets being glandular in the variety 

 glandulifera ; the flowers have a violet-colored, papilionaceous 

 corolla, and the fruit is a flat, dehiscent legume. The rhizome and 

 roots are the parts used in medicine. 



