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GRUENBERG AND GIES: NOTES ON “ BASTARD” LOGWOOD 377 
erties, is a recognized fact,* and the “ bastard’ logwood may sim- 
ply be a new example of the same phenomenon. A parallel case 
would seem to be furnished by the black locust (Robinia pseuda- 
cacia), the wood of which is described by Sargent} as being 
“reddish, greenish-yellow or white, according to locality”; but 
the yellow and white varieties occur side by side in at least one 
locality. 
SUMMARY. 
1. The most significant fact shown by elementary analysis of 
the heartwood of typical specimens of logwood was the lower car- 
bon content of the poorer wood, which may be due to lower pig- 
ment content, hematoxylin being a compound containing nearly 
twice as much carbon as oxygen. 
2. No morphological differences are discernible between red 
logwood and bastard logwood in the young seedlings. 
3. Analyses of the various seedlings agreed too closely to 
warrant any conclusion but that the metabolism of the seedlings 
was essentially alike in the two varieties. 
4. The chemical differences between red logwood and ‘“ bas- 
tard” logwood are very slight, and are probably due to differences 
in amount of pigment. 
5. Extractions with various solvents gave solutions of different 
colors, and also of varying orders of intensity in the several series, 
indicating the presence of at least two pigments in varying pro- 
portions, or a pigment radical in different combinations. 
6. This was confirmed by the fact that the order of coloration 
intensity of a series of extracts was altered by diluting with water. 
7. Aqueous extracts of the two varieties of logwood gave differ- 
ent reactions to acids, alkalies and other reagents. The differences 
are parallel to those between a fresh aqueous solution of com- 
mercial logwood “ extract,’ and the same solution after it had 
become discolored on long standing. 
8. Attempts to determine the conditions of the discolorations 
of solutions of commercial “ extract,” failed to yield definite results, 
but indicated, in general, that darkness and air are favorable to the 
change. 
New York BoranicaL GARDEN. 
* DeVries: Mutationstheorie, ¢2>022. 2901 
reepents Catalogue of the forest trees of North America, 15. Washington, 1880. 
