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rue, probably from Algeria (Power and 

 Lees, Trans. Ch. Soc. 81, 1587). The 

 oils from the following plants also 

 contain methyl salicylate : 



Spicewood or spicebush oil from the 

 N. American Laurus benzoin (Schim- 

 mel's Ber. Oct. 1885 and Oct. 1890); 

 oil from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca 

 (Van Romburgh, Rec. Tr. Ch. 13, 

 425; Schimmers Ber. Oct. 1895 ; April, 

 1896) ; oils from roots of Polygala 

 senega, var. latifolia (Renter, Arch. 

 Pharm. 227, 313), P> variabilis = /3- 

 altriflora, P. oleifera, and P. javana (Van 

 Romburgh, Rec. Tr. Ch. 13, 421), 

 P. vulgaris, P. calcarea, and P. serpyl- 

 lacea = depressa (Bourquelot, Comp. 

 Rend. 119, 802; Journ. Pharm. [5] 

 30, 96; 188; 433; [6] 3, 577: ac- 

 cording to Bourquelot the roots contain 

 gaultherin) ; roots of Monotropa hypo- 

 pitys as gaultherin (Bourquelot, Journ. 

 Pharm. [5] 3O, 435 ; [6] 3, 577 ; Comp. 

 Rend. 119, 802 ; 122, 1002) ; oils from 

 Viola tricolor, Acacia intsia, A. phiri- 

 capitata, A. sarmentosa, A. tenerrima, 

 and A. farnesiana (SchimmePs Ber. 

 Oct. 1899; Journ. Soc. Ch. Ind. 18, 

 1153); oil of tea (SchimmeFs Ber. 

 April, 1898; see also above) ; ylang- 

 ylang oil (SchimmeFs Ber. Oct. 1901 ; 

 Ch. Centr. 1901, 2, 1007). Methyl 

 benzoate may also be present in this 

 last oil (Ibid.]. 



The following list of plants contain- 

 ing methyl salicylate is given by 

 Schimmel & Co. (Ber. April, 1900) 

 as having been investigated in the 

 Government Laboratory of the Botani- 

 cal Gardens at Buitenzorg : 

 Anacardiaceae. Mangifera sp. ; Seme- 

 carpus sp. 



Anonaceae. Cananga odorata. 

 Apocynaceae. Allamanda hendersoni ; 

 Chilocarpus densiflorus ; C. denu- 

 datus j Melodinus Itevigatus ; M. 

 orientalis ; Landolphia watsonii. 

 Artocarpaceae. Cecropia gchiedeana ; 

 Ficus elastica ; F. benjamina and 

 var. crassinervis ; F. annulata ; F. 

 geniculata ; F. pilosa and var. 

 chrysocoma ; F. retusa, var. nitida ; 

 F.xylophylla; Streblus vnauritianus ; 

 Slcetia sideroxylon. 

 Boraginacese. Cordia asperrima. 



Burseraceae. Canarium sp. 



Cupuliferae. Castanopsis javanica ; and 

 var. tungurrut ; Quercus sp. ; Q. 

 bancana; Q. glandulifera ; Q.jung- 

 huhnii ; Q. teysmannii. 



Euphorbiacese. Anticlesma diandrum ; 

 Adenocrepis javanica; Agyneia multi- 

 flora ; Baccaurea sp. ; Cyclostemon 

 sp. ; Elateriospermum tokbrai; Cluy- 

 tia oblongifolia ; Euphorbia sp. ; 

 Leiocarpus sp. ; L. arboreus ; Pie- 

 rardia dulcis and other sp. ; Phyl- 

 lanthus zeylanicus ; Rottlera dis- 

 par ; Sjihenodesme pentandra ; Tre- 

 wia sp. 



Gnetacese. Gnetum gnemon = (3-ovali- 

 folium. 



Myrtacea3. Memecylon sp. 



Podocarpace83. Podocarpus chinensis; 

 P. nageia. 



Rhizophoracese. Carallia integerrima. 



Rosacese. Rubus sundaicus. 



Rubiaceas. Canthium sp. ; Gardenia 

 schoemannii ; Nauclea sp. ; Pavetta 

 angust ifolia ; P. arborea ; P. bar- 

 bata ; P. grandiflora, vars. lutea 

 and aurantiaca ; P. littorea ; P. 

 longiflora ; P. rosea ; P. paludosa ; 

 P. longipes and other sp. ; Pe- 

 tunga roxburghii ; Psychotria cela- 

 stroides ; Wendlandia sp. 



Styracese. Symplocos sp. 



Ternstrcemiacese. Camellia lanceolata ; 

 Tkea cochinchinensis. 



Tiliacese. Elceocarpns resinosus. 



Urticaceae. Gironniera subaqualu and 



another sp. 

 (For localities of species the original 



must be consulted ; see also Journ. Soc. 



Ch. Ind. 19, 553.) 



The methyl ester of anthranilic acid 



occurs in neroli oil from the flowers of 



the bitter orange, Citrus bigaradia 



(SchimmeFs Ber. April, 1899 ; Wal- 



baum, Journ. pr. Ch. [2] 59, 350; 



Ber. 32, 1512; E. and H. Erdmann, 



Ber. 32, 1213; 33, 2061; also Germ. 



Pat. 5958 of 1898 ; Hesse and Zeit- 



schel, Ber. 34, 299 ; Journ. pr. Ch. 64, 



245 ; Theulier, Bull. Soc. [3] 25, 762) ; 



also in oil from the peel of the sweet or 



Portugal orange (Parry, Ch. Drug. 



56, 462; 722; Schimmers Ber. April, 



1 900 and Oct. 1900; compare Theulier, 



Bull. Soc. [3] 25, 762), in oil of limette 



