fllicIc

[Lat. filix (gen it. filicis )=a fern; -ic .] Chem.: Prepared from or in any way pertaining to any of the Filices. filicic acid, s. Chem.: C14H1805. The dibutyric ether of phoroglucin, C6H3(OH)3. Filicic acid occurs in the root of Aspidium filix . It is extracted by ether, as crystalline powder, which melts at 161°. Fused with potash it yields phoroglucin and butyrate of pota ium.