30 Proceedinr/s of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



brucine. It is quite possible, however, that under favourable 

 conditions the yield would be much increased. The quantity 

 of" total alkaloids was so small, that a quantitative sepai'ation 

 was not attempted. A qualitative separation, however, re- 

 vealed the presence of both strychnine and brucine, the 

 former apparently in considerable excess. 



