Glycyrrhiza. 617 
ritu vini. Tn candelae flamma vix accenditur, nec fun- 
ditur in igne claufo ; neque facilius accenditur calefa- 
£fcus. Hifpani eum parant fequenti modo : radices re- 
centes effodiuntur in menfe Julii , purgantur & fus- 
penduntur in aere, ut femificcefcant ; tum confcindun- 
tur, & in aqua elixantur in decoftum faturatiffimum , 
quod , quiete depuratum, poffea in extraftum infpiffa* 
tur , & in fole liceatur. 
OBS. 3. Glycyrrhiza echinata etiam radicem dul- 
ciflimam gerit* Refert cl. Lerche, maximam quan- 
titatem hujus radicis circa fluvium Volgae quotannis 
colligi, unde tanta Succi Liquiritiae copia, quanta pro 
toto imperio Rulfico fufficiat, in officinis Aftracanenfi- 
bus apparatur (*). 
390. INDIGOFERA argentea. Linn. Mant. 2 . 
P- 2 13* * 
Colutea fruticofa argentea , floribus fpicatis 
e viridi purpureis, fiiiquis falcatis. Sloan* 
Jam . 2. p . 37. t. i”]6. f. 3. 
L’ Indigo franc. Beauv* Raseau Indigotier 
p. 49. *. t * z. f. /. t. 8> /. /♦ March. Hift . 
de i 3 Ac ad. des fcienc. 1718. p . 92. c. fig . 
Pharm. INDIGO COMMUNE. 
Locus . Colitur ubique in America. Suffrutex . 
FORMA, . JMajpi folida , fubponderofa , duriu- 
fcula, homogenea, difficulter fragilis: fragmen- 
tis indeterminatis, rugofis ; violaceo-rubicunda, 
vix friabilis , inter digitos fricata illos caeruleo 
colore inquinans* 
PROPRIET Odor nullus; fapor nullus; In- 
digo mafticatum comminuitur , iaiiva caerulea* 
EI R TUS. 
USUS: tindlorius. 
Q.q 5 
(*) Cfr* Gmsiin F 7 er, Sikir. vol. 4. f. 
obs. t: 
