CXXI. 

 GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA. 



Common Liquorice. 



Class XVII. Diadelphia. — Order IV. Decandria. 



Nat. Ord. LeguminosjE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx tubular, five-cleft, bilabiate. Vexillum 

 ovate-lanceolate, straight ; keel two-edged or of two 

 petals, straight, acute. Legume ovate or oblong, com- 

 pressed, one-celled, one to four seeded. 



Spec Char. Leaflets ovate, rather retuse, somewhat 

 clammy beneath. Stipules wanting. Racemes shorter 

 than the leaves. Legumes glabrous, three to four seeded. 



SYNONYMES. 



( Glycyrrhiza sijiquosa vel germanica. Bauh. Pin. 352. 



I Glycyrrhiza vulgaris. Ger. Em. 1302. Rail Hist. 90. Bod. 



J Pempt. 341. 

 Latm j Glycyrrhiza glabra. Lin. Sp. PI. 1046. Bee. Prod. ii. p. 247. 



j Glycyrrhiza loevis. Pali, itin ed. Gall, append, no. 364. 



LLiquiritia officinalis. Mcench. Meth. 133. 



French Reglisse ; Bois doux. 



Italian .... Regolizia ; Legorizia ; Liquirizia. 

 Spanish .... Regalicia ; Regaliz ; Orozuz ; Palo dulce* 

 Portuguese . Regaliz ; Alcacaz. 

 German .... Siissholz ; Lakrizenholz. 



Butch Zoethout. 



Banish .... Lakris. 

 Swedish. . . . Lakrits. 



Polish Lakrycya. 



Bohemian.. Lekorice ; Sladky koren. 



Persian. . . . Bikmekeh. 



Javanese . . . Oyot manis. 



Arabic .... Ussulsus. 



Chinese .... Fan-chan-can-tsao. 



