_. MALVACEZ. - ~ 223 - 
Principles soluble in 
petroleum ether. 
and chloroform...0°0530 
So ete soluble i ms 3 5738 ae = i 
1 966 "4 la ff. 11 id yo» 
ae ie see a6 aio 33 so a ~s ila ae and gum 
uci 
CL ‘7820 hithirteste ‘of potash 
© Ash by difference 35-6847 { =i a aie and artes matter . 
- 190-000 * 100-000 ) 
“The pericarp of the fruit according to Heckel and Sphiseder 
hauffen contains :—. 
ate - 12°176: 
Alea extract : ata matters, abulllinoldl, ge gene 3860 | 
Watery extract: albuminoids, . colouring matters, salts, .and 
gum my matters Voor 
' . Ash: fixed salts, ‘chiefly carbonate of potash and soda . cue: <, OSES. 
Woody tissue (by oo « 71258 
i 100°000 
The leaves sceened by the same chemists were found to 
' have the following composition :— 
Soluble in petroleum ether .... Wax : . Hie oi 1450 
a Glueose ‘. ae 
. . Soluble in alcohol ...sseesereeees Beles wc "OS 
* Undetermined matters "2°225 
Soluble in water, gummy and albuminous matters ... OSL. 
: Ash, chiefly chlori ~ it sodium, and carbonates ‘of-potash sa soda 455° 
: Lign nin, by differen 65:84 
: 100-00 
Saar: Heckel | and Schlagdenhauffen found no trace of an 
alkaloid. in the bark, nor of any such substance as saponin, or * 
_ the adansonin of Wittstein and Walz. Its ——— was— = 
Soluble i in petroleum ether ... ——— 42, 
: ‘ 
“4 ax ove 
Soluble in aleobol srsesee-ns-4 Soluble tanmif cccensccoe 
Chloride of sodium .....+..0+ ésvk 
_ Soluble in water, gummy and albuminous matters...cseeserereee  P 
Ash, ae chloride of sodium and carbonates of potashand soda 6 
‘Lignin, by difference Beet 
—(Les Nouveawa Remtie, 1988, PP. 385, a 
