Tormentilla. 
445 
OBS. !♦ lufuf- aquof. radicis rubrum, ftypticum; 
virr. martis derepente nigrefcit. Hujus infufi guttae 
4, aquae purae unc. £ inftillarae, addito vitr* martis, 
colorem violaceum protulerunt, Infuf, herboe rubrum, 
herbaceum, vitr. marris pariter nigrefcit; cujus guttae 
8, aquae unc, $ inftiiiara, addito vitr, martis, colorem 
obfcure viridem formarunt, 
OBS. 2, Radix praeftans eft coriarium, quo incolae 
infularum Faeroenfium cum fucceflu utunrur (*)♦ Ia 
Hibernia experimenta cum hac radice inftituta funt, 
coriumque paratum, quod furores approbarunt; obfer- 
vatum etiam, citius perfici corium radice Tormentil- 
lae, quam vulgo fit cum cortice quercino (**), 
282, GEUM urbanum* Linn, Sp.pl. *ji6. Mat , m. 
24$. Kniph, Bot. orig. cent , y. 
Caryophyilata, BlackW, Herb . t. 2^* Dod* 
Pempt ♦ /37. 
Pbarm. CARFOPHFLLATJE Radix, Herba* 
Locus . Europa, in umbrofis. Perenne , 
FORMA\ ree. Radix trunco oblongo, crafli- 
xifculo, bipollicari vel ultra, extus fulco, fquamis 
emortuis obdudo, undique, praecipue in apice , 
inftrudo fibris filiformibus, rubicundis, elonga¬ 
tis, glabris, parce fibrillofis, fubhorizontalibus* 
Par en cyma firmum; poft fedionem transverfalem 
centro medullari fufeo, angulato, obaudio peri- 
pheria fafeiis concentricis nebulofa; in a£re re- 
lida radix recens, transverfaiiter feda, fenfim ru- 
befeit, linea concentrica alba, validiore, verfus 
peripheriamexiftente. Caules plures ex una radice, 
bipedales, eredi, teretiufculi, angulati, vilioio- 
l*) Bartholini Alt. med, Hnfn. 'v. 1. p . JQebes /♦ ** 
p. 11 2. 
(**) Muf, rujlic, vol. 2 , n, 12, p , p. 
