VALERIANEA. a, 
gatives, such as jalap, and by enema asa remedy for 
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woody column by four medullary bands, between which 
ituated large canals which contain the fibro-vascular 
. The central woody column is of a red-brown colour, 
‘and jointed, having a certain amount of resemblance 
ertebre in the tail of an animal. 
ical composition.—Kemp (1884) obtained three fluid 
of the oil from 56 lbs. of jatamansi, and found it to. 
a molecular rotation of —19°5 in 100 mm., the specific 
at 82°F. was 0°9748, One hundred pocade of the 
; Submitted to distillation with water by Messrs. Kempand 
1890), yielded fifteen ounces ofa pale yellow oil of valerian- 
odour, and a faintly acid distillate. A fine violet or bluish 
is produced, as with oil of valerian, by mixing a drop. 
f the oil with about 20 drops of carbon bisulphide and 
of ong 0 nitric acid. ae sulphuric acid the oil gives 
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