ERYTHRITE

n. E2r'i=th-rit. Fr.. erythrite. Ger., Eri/thrit. A tetra hydric alcohol, C4II()(OH)4 = CH;,(OH)-CH(OH)-CH(qH) CH2OH, obtained from Pro to coccus vulaaris and by decomposing erythrin obtained from several species of Roccella, etc. It occurs in colorle , prismatic crystals, soluble in water. |H, 301 (a, 21); B, 4.] Mon orsellic e. Fr., erythrite mon or sell i que. See PICROERYTHRIN. [s. 752]