318 VBTICAGEm. 



from O. reticulata corresponds in all its properties with 

 synthetical skatole from propylidene plienyl-liydrazide. The 

 occurrence of skatole in a plant has not hitherto heen observed; 

 it has appeared to be a characteristic product of the bacterial 

 resolution of animal proteid. {Pharm. Journ.^ June 15th, 1889.) 



The nomenclature followed is that which has been proposed 

 by Emil Fischer. The benzene nucleus of indole being desig- 

 nated by Bz^ and the pyrrole nucleus by the contraction Pr, the 



nitrogen of the pyrrole nucleus is numbered 1, as well as the 

 corresponding carbon atom of the benzene nucleus ; thus the 

 formula of skatole ig 



CH 



HC 



HC 



C(CHS) 



CH 



CH NH 



Holoptelea integrifolia, Planch., Wight Ic, t 1968; 



xh. Cor. PI, t. 78 ; Bedd. FL Sylv., t. 310, a tree extending 



Himalay 



\ 



which is boiled and the juice squeezed out and applied 



and 



swellings ; the exhausted 



The 



NayiH (Td.). Zavala (-Sf^ 



[Hind 



CANNABIS SATIVA, Linn. 



Fig.-^BeniL and Trim., t. 231 ; Reichh. Ic. FL Germ., 



t. 655 ; Mheede, Bort, Mai. x., tt. 60, 61. Hemp {Eng.), 

 Chanvre (Fr.). 



Hab.— N.-W. Himalaya. Cultivated in India. The leaves, 

 female flowering tops, resinous exudation, and seeds. 



