STERCULIA CEA. 985: 
Treated = light petroleum ether 0°4 per cent. of a yellow’ 
soft extract was obtained, which was odourless and tasteless. 
In cold alcohol it was partly soluble, the solution possessing 
an acid reaction, and leaving on spontaneous evaporation an 
indistinctly crystalline residue. The portion insoluble in cold - 
alcohol was white and had the physical properties of a wax: 
After the action of petroleum ether, the powder was dried 
and exhausted with ether, which yielded on evaporation ‘88 
per cent. of yellow odourless non-crystalline extractive. This 
extract was insoluble in water and in ‘dilute acids. In alcohol 
it was partially soluble with acid” reaction. In alcoholic 
_ ammonia the extract was almost wholly soluble, the solution 
being of a yellow colour: the addition of acids to the 
ammoniacal solution caused the separation of whitish flocks. 
- The ether extract gave no reaction with tron salts. 
After removal of ether from the powder, it was treated with 
‘- absolute alcohol, and on evaporating off the spirit 1 per cent. 
of a yellow non-crystalline extract was left, This extract was 
_. slightly soluble in water, with acid reaction; by the action of . 
# dilute sulphurie acid, a yellowish solution was obtained, and a. 
* yellow insoluble residue left. The acid solution did not give 
any reaction with alkaloidal reagents. The residue insoluble 
in dilute acid was wholly soluble in aqueous ammonia, the 
resulting solution being of a deep yellow colour: the addition 
of acids caused the precipitation of yellowish white flocks 
which were easily ‘solable in chloroform. "A portion of the — 
original alcoholic extract gave no reaction with iron salts. The 
- powder after exhaustion with alcohol was dried. When treated , 
__ With water the dry powder formed a viscid mass; by the action 
_ of boiling water the mucilage partly dissolved, the solution did 
: not gelatine on ees a trace of starch was present 
_PENTAPETES PHCENICEA, Linn. i: 
