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of the flower stem, which is about 1 inch in diameter and 
- hollow; between the scales are stiff yellow bristles. The root — 
is eden externally, internally white, soft and sponsy: with a 
E oe ge central pith, Odour —— mus 
S Chemin composition. —The ‘ok dried by exposure to air, 
and reduced toa fine powder, lost 8 per’ cent. of moisture 
at 100°C. The ash amounted to 12-7 per cent., and contained 
a marked amount of manganese. “The alkalinity calculated — 
as K H O, after separation of lime, was equal to 8°6 per cent. 
Digested with light petroleum ether “48 per ‘cent. of a pale 
ellow, viscid, transparent, odourless extract was obtained. 
ons lamine sree ee under the nioroetpo o—— 
air, and then digested with ether. On evaporating off the ether, 
741 per cent. of a fragrant, soft, indistinctly crystalline residue 
was: left... The extract was heated with dilute hydrochloric | 
acid, and the soft, yellow, insoluble residue separated by 
filtration. ‘The acid solution was rendered alkaline with 
- ammonia, and then agitated with, ether. On separation of 
the ether only a minute trace of residue was left, which did i 
“inixture agitated with-ether. The ether left on “evaporation 
| yellow, soft, non-crystalline residue, without: taste or odour ; EZ 
