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19. Fennel is the fruit of Fceniculum vulgare Gaertn. 



20. Ginger is the washed and dried, or decorticated and dried, rhizome of &ngibcr 

 officinale Roscoe. 



Standard. 



Standard ginger is ground or whole ginger containing not less than forty-two (42) 

 PIT cent of starch by the diastase method nor less than forty-six (46) per cent by 

 direct inversion, not more than eight (8) per cent of crude fiber, not more than 

 eight (8) per cent of total ash, not more than one (1) per cent of lime, and not more 

 than three (3) per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid. 



Definition. 



21. Limed or bleached ginger is whole ginger coated with carbonate of lime. 



Standard. 



Standard limed or bleached ginger is limed or bleached ginger containing not more 

 than ten (10) per cent of ash, not more than four (4) per cent of carbonate of lime, 

 and conforming in other respects to standard ginger. 



Definition. 



22. Horse-radish is the root cf Cochlearia armoracia L. 



Standard. 



Standard grated or ground horse-radish may be mixed with vinegar. 



Definition. 



23. Mace is the dried arillus of Myristica fragrans Houttuyn. 



Standard. 



Standard mcce is mace containing not less than twenty (20) nor more than thirty 

 (30) per cent of nonvolatile ether extract, not more than three (3) per cent of total 

 ash, not more than five-tenths (0.5) per cent of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, 

 and not more than ten (10) per cent of crude fiber. 



Definitions. 



24. Macassar or Papua mace is the dried arillus of Myristica argentea Warb. 



25. Bombay mace is the dried arillus of Myristica malabarica Lamarck. 



26. Marjoram is the leaves, flowers, and branches of Origanum majorana L. 



27. Mustard seed is the seed of Sinapis alba L. (white mustard), Srassica nigra (L.) 

 Koch (black mustard), or Brassica juncea (L. ) Coss. (East Indian mustard). 



28. Ground mustard is a powder made from mustard seed, with or without the 

 removal of the hulls and a portion of the fixed oil. 



Standard. 



Standard ground mustard is mustard containing not more than two and five-tenths 

 (2.5) per cent of starch by the diastase method and not more than eight (8) per 

 cent of total ash. 



Definition. 



29. Nutmeg is the dried seed of Myristica fragrans Houttuyn, deprived of its testa 

 and with or without a thin coating of lime. 



Copper-reducing matters by direct inversion calculated as starch. 



