444 Tormcntilla. 
Phnrm. TORMENTILLJE Radix, Herba* 
Locus. Europa, in. palcuis. Perennis\ 
FORMA, rec » Radix fubcylindrica, fuperne 
craflior, fsepe fubrotunda, fibrillofa, craffitie di¬ 
giti, 2-vel 3-pollicaris, extus fufea, fuperne fqua- 
mata; parencymate firmo, rubicundo; poft fe- 
dionem transverfalem centro medullari fubro- 
tundo , cum pundis 5 in margine; peripheria 
ftriis concentricis & radiis ternis longitudinali¬ 
bus, e fingulo pundo centri ad corticem* Cau¬ 
les plures ex una radice, procumbentes, tere¬ 
tes, filiformes, pilofi, inferne fimplices, fuper¬ 
ne dichotomi, fpithamgei* Folia alterna, feflilia, 
amplexicauli-perfoliata, multifida, utrinque par¬ 
ce pubefeentia, fupra faturate viridia: laciniis 
obverfe lanceolatis, obtufis, fuperne latioribus, 
incifis, patentibus; 3 exterioribus duplo longio¬ 
ribus. Pedunculi axillares, filiformes, elongati, 
viniflori, nudi, pilofi. Flores eredi* \CAL. Per . 
i-phyllum, g-partitum, pubefeens: laciniis ova¬ 
tis, acutis, patentibus; 4 alternis integris; 4 aliis 
alternis bifidis. COR. lutea: petalis 4, lato-fub- 
rotundis, retufis, feflilibus, calycis fere longitu¬ 
dine. STAM * Filam. plurima, capillaria, lutea, 
calyci inferta, corolla breviora. Antb ♦ ovatgs, 
compreflce, didyma^, eredae, emarginate* PIST. 
Germina plurima, glabra, fubrotunda, obtufa, 
latere interiori reda. Styli fubulati, lateri ger¬ 
minis inferti finguli, longitudine fere ftaminuim 
Stigm . obtufa. Receptae * viliofum* 
PROPR. rec. &: fice, radicis: Odor nullus; 
fapor ftypticus; Herbee odor debilis; fapor her¬ 
baceus. 
\ HIRTUS: adftringens, tonica, coriaria* 
USUS: Atonia, Scelotyrbe. 
OBS. 1. 
