VJUclJclCUrnV Ligmm, ^ejina. 



Guajactim qfficinak. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willden. II. 535» 

 Arbor hidice occidentalis , in Hifpaniola & ^amaica frequens. 



Lignum folidum, perdurum, ponderofum, in aqua 

 fubfidens, transverfim disCeftum fubflantiam oftendens 

 interiorem ponderofiorem , magis refinofam & compa- 

 <^am, ex fufco viridefcentem, fed exteriora verfus magis 

 magisque flavefcentem, porisque refiniferis ubique pertu- 

 fam. Odor refinofus, haud ingratos: fapor leniter ama- 

 ricans & acris. 



Refm, partlm e cortice arboris fponte, vel poft in- 

 cifionem exftillata & dein condenfata, partim ex ligno 

 recenti, coAione in aqua, sut digeftione in fpiritu vini 

 extrafta , obtinetur, Sit genuina e fufco virefcens , fub- 

 pellucida, friabilis ; diiTrafta fplendeat, & trita, in pul- 

 verem prinio albidum, dein fubviridem, abeat, Sapor 

 eft acris, fuburens. Prunis injecla odorem fpirat haud 

 ingrafeum, In Spiritu vini fere omnis folvitur. Refina 

 communi interdum adulteratnr, quod vifu, guftu, & ol- 

 fadia certius, aegrius vero Acido Nitrofo, inquinatae re- 

 finae in fpiritu vini folutioni adjefto, detegitur. Masfae 

 tenaces, opacas, ex granis compofitae, & colore fufcq 

 vel grifeo variegatae, funt rejiciendae. 



Gummi Arabicum I. Mimofie. 



Mimofa Seiie^al ? t • o -01 j tt /- 



^ i- nilofica J ^^""- ^P"'- ^^' "^- ^^- P'S- '50^. 

 Arbores in Arabia & Africa media indigence, 



Succus gummofus purisfimus e cortice trunci & ra- 

 morum exfudans , & tunc induratus fruftula conftituens 

 fubrotunda vel haemifphaerica, ex albo lutefcentia, fub- 

 peilucida & in frac^ura fplendentia. In aqua omnis 



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