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Oil of Liuuiii. See Linseed Oil, 



Oil of Llicuma. See Shea Butter. 



Oil of Lycopus EuropiBUS. Obtained from the herb by dis- 

 tillation with water. — Green, butter-like ; smells like the herb ; has 

 an acrid taste. 



Oil of Madia Sativa. Obtained by pressing the seeds.— Deep- 

 yellow, thick, mild, of 0-935 density; solidifies at — 10° to — 17°; 

 dries slowly. 



Oil of Matricaria Cliailioniilla (German chamomile). Ob- 

 tained from the flowers by distillation with water. — Dark-blue, 

 thick, smells strongly of the flowers, tastes aromatic hot, is lighter 

 than water. Has nearly the same composition as common cam- 

 phor =020 Hi6 O2. 



[According to Kachler it contains capric acid, an oil isomeric 

 or polymeric with common camphor, and boiling at 150°-165°; 

 another oil of the same composition, deep-blue, of 281°-289° 

 boiling point, and identical with blue oil of galbanum (of 281° 

 boiling point); also a small quantity of hydrocarbon zzC^o Hig. 

 The distilled water contains, besides, propionic acid.] 



Oil of Melaleuca (cajeput). Obtained by aqueous distillation 



from the foliage and branchlets of different species, especially M. 

 Leucodendron. — Pale-green, rectified colourless, of a penetrating 

 camphoraceous smell and ]>urning taste, of 0'91-0"94 density; 

 boils at 175°; dissolves readily in alcohol. 



[M. ericifolia. Pale-yellow, taste and smell like cajeput-oil ; 

 thin, of 0-899-0-902 density, boils at 149°-184°.— J/. Wilsonii. 

 Resembles cajeput-oil; of 0-925 density. — M. parviflora. Of oily 

 consistence and amber colour, 0-938 density; boils at 185°-209°; 

 i-esembles the foregoing. — M. uncinata. Green, smells like M. 

 ericifolia with an admixture of peppermint. — 21. genistifolia. 

 Pale greenish-yellow, mild in odour and taste. — M. squarrosa. 

 Green, of disagreeable taste. — M. linarifolia. Light straw- 

 coloured, mobile; of rather pleasant, cajeput-like odour; taste very 

 agreeable, suggestive of mace, afterwards mint-like; of 0-903 

 density; boils at 175°-187°.— Äep. of Exh. of 1862.] 



Oil of Melissa officinalis (balm). Obtained from the whole herb 

 by aqueous distillation. — Pale-yellow, thin, of a pleasant lemon- 

 like smell and of 0-85-0-92 density. 



Oil of Meiltlivl. Obtained by distilling the herb Avith water. — 

 M. 2»perita (peppermint): Colourless, yellowish or greenish- 

 yellow, of peculiar odour and bui-ning, camphoraceous, then cooling 

 taste; of 0-84-0-92 density ; boils at 188°-193°; dissolves readily 

 in alcohol. — M. Puleg'mm (penny-royal) zi:C2o Hie 02. Of 0-927 

 density; boils at 183°-188^ — M. viridis (spearmint): Of 0-91- 



