Rheum. 531 
FORMA ' Radix recens magna, carnofa, trun¬ 
co oblongo, ramos exferente, cortice dilute fu- 
fco obcedta; ficcata ab exteris advehitur in fru- 
ftis palmaribus, leviufculis, fubrotundis, fepe fo¬ 
ramine majufculo pertufis, decorticatis; paven- 
cymate fragiliulculo, lubfriabili, molliufcuio, ex 
albo & luted-viridelcente variegato, 
PROPR. ficc. Odor fragrans, gravis, fubnau- 
feofus. Sapor amaricans, odori congruens; rec. 
radix pariter odorata, fed ficcatione odor inten¬ 
ditur. Siccata radix, in ore detenta, emollitur, 
mafticata ienfim folvitur, atque inter dentes, ma- 
fficulatione repetita, arenulolum quid mentitur; 
ceterum lingvam , totum os , fauces & falivam 
croceo colore tingit. 
PARTUS: purgans,antacida, adflringens, toni- 
ca, ftomachica, diuretica: urina luteo-rubicunda* 
USUS. Diarrhoea, Dyfenteria, Lienteria, 
Colica, Febris lenta infantum , Cruditas acida. 
Aphthae, Hypochondriafis, Rachitis, Ifterus, O- 
dontalgia. 
OBS. r. Rheum palmatum producit Rbabarbdrum, 
in officinis Sibi r icunt appellatum; cerre e feminibus, 
a Bucharis e montofis Tibeti in Ruffiam apportatis,/ 
& poftea latis, hocce Rheum palmatum enatum efl:; 
Pallas (*). Rhabarbarum vero Cbilienfe ex alia 
fpecie Rhei defumtum effe videtur. Ex obfervatio- 
ne cl. Joh. Gottl. Georgi (**)> annofior radix Rhei 
undulati fimillima evadit Rhabarbaro Chinenli, facie, 
colore, fragrantia, & vi purgante. Et vero credit cd. 
Pallas (***), hocce Rheum undulatum, quod in mon- 
____ fo- 
Reiji Uurcb vtrjcbicd. Provinzen des Rujjl Reicbs , 2’ 
3 • P- ; J7- 
(**) Bmcrkungen einer Rcife im Rujfifth, Racb , T. /. p. 
211 212. 
(***) L c* p 'A* 
