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OILS: 
A. (VOLATILE or ESSENTIAL.) 
1. Andropogon Schenanthus, Zev. (Syn., A. Martini, Roxb.; 
A. citratum, DC.; Cymbopogon Schenanthus, Spreng.); N.O., 
Graminex, B.FI. vii., 534. 
This sweet-scented grass is distilled in India, and yields the 
fragrant, often adulterated Rusa or Citronelle oil of commerce, 
one of the “Grass” or “ Verbena” oils. In one experiment 
Dr. Dymock obtained 11b. 540zs. of oil from 373]lbs. of grass. It is 
much used by the Arabs and Turks as a hair-oil. 
Queensland. 
2. Angiopteris evecta, Hoffm.; N.O., Filices, B.FI. vii., 694. 
This plant yields an aromatic oil, said to be used in the South 
Sea Islands for perfuming cocoa-nut oil. (Woolls.) 
Queensland. 
3. Atherosperma moschata, Zadz//.; N.O., Monimiacez, B.FI. v., 
284. 
‘“‘ Native Sassafras.” 
The oil obtained by aqueous distillation from the bark is thin, 
unctious, pale-yellow when fresh, but becomes yellowish-brown 
with age. (That obtained from the leaves is a distinct essential 
oil, is of a greenish colour, and resembles oil of mace. It requires 
further examination. Bosisto.) It resembles, in odour, ordinary 
sassafras oil, with an admixture of oil of caraways. The taste is 
aromatic, bitter, and prickly to the tongue. Sp. gr. 1.04. Boils at 
230° to 245°. (Report of the London Exhibition of 1862.) 
