270 
Convallaria. 
e ficcatis parare* Injufum florum aquolum aurantium* 
limpidum, intenfe amarum, acriufculum, fubnaufeo- 
ium; vitriolo marris faturatius rubcfcit. 
176. CONVALLARIA Polygonatum. Linn. Sp. 
pl. 43u Mat . med\ 16S . Oeder Icon, t . 377* 
Kniph. Bot . or. m?*. 3. 
Pclygonatum latifolium 2. Clus. Hift. i.p. 
276. 
Polygonatum floribus ex fingulis peduncu¬ 
lis. Barrel. Icon . 7//. 
Pbarm. SIGILLI SALOMONIS Radix. 
Locus . Europa, in montibus. Perennis . 
FORMA, rec ♦ 7 iW/x cylindrica, craffltie pen¬ 
nae cygnese, ramofa, albiflima, glabra, rugis an¬ 
nularibus remotiufculis, elevatis, undique radi¬ 
cans fibris filiformibus, folitariis. Parencyma fo- 
lidum, aequale, album. Siccata radix colore 
ftramineo-lutefcenti, molliufcuia, flexilis, fragi- 
liufcula; parencymate albido , tarinofo-pulpofo. 
PROPR . rec. Odor fubhircinus, in Rapha¬ 
num incidens. Sapor dulcefcens; maflicata radix 
tenera, fragiliufcula , glutinofa: faliva fpifla, al¬ 
ba, labia invifeante. Radix recens rafa amylum 
non dat, fed., aqua frigida fuperaffufa, in mu^ 
cilaginem vertitur, perinde ac radix Althaea*, fa- 
pore odori congruente. Siccata radix magis dul- 
cefcit; maflicata emollitur & glutinofa fentitur* 
VIRTUS: emolliens, nutriens. 
USUS . 
OBS i* Infujum aquofum radie, ficc, leviffime tin* 
Gum, fed fpifTum, adeo vifeofum ut in fila fere du- 
qatur, fapore dulci, grato, odore decofti Hordei; a 
virriolo martis color non variat. DecoHum aquofum 
fpifTum, mucilagip.ofum, initio dulce, poft amaricans. 
OBS. 2* 
