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Saxifraga. 
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OBS. Infiifuni radicis aquof. rubicundum, primo 
fubdulceicens, dein amarum ; cum virriolo martis fu- 
fcefcir, DecoShm radicis rubrum, intenfe amarum; 
vim martis valde fufcefcir. Infuf comce floram luteum 
velut potus Theae, fapore herbaceo, amaricante; cum 
vitr. marris fubito nigrefcir; hujus irifufi guttae 20, 
aquce purce uncis g inftillatae, addito vitr. marris, 
colorem rubrum exhibuerunt. 
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234. SAPONARIA officina!is. Linn. Sp. pU 584* 
Mat . m. 214. Oeder Icon. t. 543. 
Lychnis, qux Saponaria vulgo. Zannich. 
Venez. t. 285* 
Saponaria vulgaris. Blackw. Herb. t . 123. Ca- 
mer. Epit. 2J2, Dod. Pempt . /7P.Lob Ahft-230. 
Pbarm. SAlONARIM Radix, Herba. 
Locus . Europa medjia , Virginia. Perennis . 
FORMA\ rec ♦ Radix cylindrica, longifiime 
defeendens, bi-vel tripedalis, craffitie pennae 
cygnese, fepe digiti minoris, geniculata, fuperne 
ramofa: ramis ad genicula brachiatim oppofitis; 
fibris filiformibus prope ramos. Gemma viva¬ 
ces ad genicula inferiora, quee tandem in ramos 
excrefcunt. Tota radix cortice tefta eft extus 
rubicundo, craffiufculo, facile feparabili, latere 
interiore albido. Parencyma album, firmum, 
mafticatum fibrofum, pofl fedionem transver- 
falem centro medullari orbiculato, cindto annu* 
lo albido , fubftriato. Caulis pedalis vel ultra , 
teres, ereclus, geniculatus, internodiis inferiori¬ 
bus utrinque compredis; fuperioribus rotundato- 
tetragonis; fcabridus, fimplex, fuperne ramofus. 
Rami brachiatim oppofiti, fimplices, patentes, 
pubefcenti-fcabridi. Folia genicula brachiatim 
oppofita, brevius petiolata, ovato-Ianceolata, a- 
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