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9G5. Rathbun, Annie E. Methods of direct inoculation with damping-off fungi. Phy- 

 topathology 11: S0-S3. Fig. 1-3. 1921. — In order to overcome some of the uncertainties 

 encountered in testing the susccptibilitj' of plants to damping-off fungi by placing the organ- 

 ism in the soil, methods of direct inoculation have been devised. By these methods the organ- 

 ism, growing on culture media, is brought into direct contact with the stem, root, or whatever 

 part of the plant seems most desirable for the test. — B. B. Iliggins. 



PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 



Heber W. Youngken, Editor 

 E. N. Gathercoal, Assistant Editor 



(See also in this issue Entries 633, 658, 661, 664, 728, 936, 956.) 



966. Balme, Juan. Cultivo de la adormidera blanca. [Poppy cultivation.] Rev. Agric. 

 [Mexico] 4: 428-429. 1919. — Brief cultural directions for Papaver somniferum candidum 

 are given, including methods of harvesting the product and the yields to be expected. — 

 John A. Stevenson. 



967. Bliss, A. R. Report on alkaloids. Jour. Assoc. Official Agric. Chem. 4: 416-420. 

 1921. — The report deals with strychnine, quinine, physostigmine, hyoscyamine, and others. — 

 F. M. Schertz. 



968. Buschmann, E. Untersuchungen iiber die chemischen Bestandteile von Bulbus 

 Scillae. [Chemical constituents of Bulbus Scillae.] Arch, der Pharm. 257: 79-86. 1919. 



969. Dehrs, V. Contribution k I'etude du Quebracho rouge. [Contribution to the study 

 of red quebracho.] Bull. Sci. Pharm. 28: 48-54. 1921. — The paper, which is an abstract of 

 B. Galarza's paper from the "L'Institut de Botanique et de Pharmacologie de la Faculty 

 des Sciences Medicales de Buenos Aires," No. 32, 1915, gives a very detailed account of the 

 collecting of the wood of red quebracho (Schinopi^is Lorcnzii and S. BaUnsae), its physical 

 and chemical properties, and its use. — H. Engelhardt. 



970. Dehrs, V. Etude des Aspidospermees. [Study of the aspidospermae.] Bull. Sci. 

 Pharm. 28: 54-61. 1921. — A discussion of Edwin Rothlin's paper, "a contribution to the 

 study of the Aspidospermae," from the Institute de botanica y farmacologia de Buenos Aires. 

 It deals with the botanical, microscopical, pharmacological, and chemical studies of Aspido- 

 sperma quebracho bianco and Aspidosperma peroba. — H. Engelhardt. 



971. Dieterle, H. Xanthosterin, ein krystallinischer Korper aus der Rinde von Xan- 

 thoxylum Budrunga DC. [Xanthosterin, a crystalline body from the bark of Xanthoxylum 

 Budrunga.] Arch, der Pharm. 257: 260-203. 1919. 



972. Ferenez, a. Ueber das Kardobenediktenkrautol. (Cnicus Benedictus L.) [Oil 

 of blessed thistle.] Arch, der Pharm. 257: 180-190. 1919.— The oil contains 89.80 per cent 

 unsaturated or fluid fatty acids and 3.68 per cent saturated or solid fatty acids. Analysis of 

 the former gave 74 per cent oleic acid and 26 per cent linoleic acid; of the latter 40 per cent 

 stearic acid and 60 per cent palmitic acid. Specific gravity of Cwtcws Benedictus oil (15°C.) 

 is 0.9262, acid number 1.2, refraction index 1.47178. Other physical and chemical constants 

 are given, and details of separation of the fatty acids. — H. G. Barbour 



973. FocKE, C. Zur kiinftigen physiologischen Einstellung der offizinellen Digitalisblatter. 

 [Physiological testing of digitalis.] Arch, der Pharm. 257: 270-2S8. 1919. — This discussion 

 appears to be of local interest for Germany. — //. G. Barbour. 



974. Friedrichs, O. von. Ueber einige Inhaltsstoffe der Altheev/urzel. [Some constitu- 

 ents of Althaea root.] Arch, der Pharm. 257: 288-298. 1919. — The content in fatty oil is 



