ALCOHOLS 



[40-41. 



saffron (Hilger, Ch. Centr. 1900, 2, 

 576) ; in the Brazilian ' carqueia ' oil 

 from Genista tiidentaia (SchimmePs 

 Ber. April, 1896); in oil from the 

 leaves of the Indian Fit ex trifolia (Ibid. 

 Oct. 1894) ; possibly in oil of penny- 

 royal from Mentfia pulegium (Te"try, 

 Bull. Soc. [3] 27, 1 86); in oil of rue, 

 probably Algerian (Power and Lees, 

 Trans. Ch. Soc. 81, 1590) ; and in oil of 

 Russian spearmint (see under linalool 

 [37]; SchimmePs Ber. April, 1898). 



Occurs also in oil from the leaves of 

 the Chilian Myrtus cheken (Weiss, Arch. 

 Pharm. 226, 666) ; in oil of myrtle 

 from Myrtus ccmmunis (Jahns, Arch. 

 Pharm. 227, 174; Schimmel's Ber. 

 April, 1889) ; in oil from Curcuma 

 zedoaria (Schimmel's Ber. Oct. 1 890) ; 

 in oil of the W. Indian white cinnamon 

 from the bark of Canella alba (Schim- 

 mel's Ber. Oct. 1890); in Japanese 

 1 badiana ' or star-anise oil from Illicium 

 religiotum (Tardy, Bull. Soc. [3] 27, 

 987), and also (as ' eucalyptol ') in the 

 oil from many species of Eucalyptus : 



E. globulus (Jahns, Ber. 17, 2941 ; 

 Archir. Pharm. 223, 52) ; E. oleosa 

 (Maiden's 'Useful Native Plants of 

 Australia/ p. 272) ; E. dumosa (Schim- 

 mePs Ber. Oct. 1889); E. amygdalina 

 (Wallach and Gildemeister, Ann. 246, 

 278; SchimmePs Ber. Oct. 1889); 

 E. rostrata (Ibid. Oct. 1891) ; E.fopvtt- 

 folia (Ibid. April, 1893) ; E. corymbosa 

 (Ibid.}-, E. resinifera (Ibid. Oct. 1898); 

 E. baileyana (Ibid. April, 1888); E. mi- 

 crocoryi (Ibid.) ; E. risdmia (Ibid. April, 

 1894); E. hemiphloia (Ibid. April, 

 1892); E. crebra (Ibid. April, 1893); 

 E. macrorrhyncha (Baker and Smith, 

 Journ.andProc. Roy. Soc. of N. S.Wales, 

 32, 104, &c.); E. capilellata (Ibid.)-, 

 E. eugenioides (Ibid.); E. obliqua (Schim- 

 mel's Ber. Oct. 1898); E. punctata 

 (Baker and Smith, loc. cit. 31, 259, 

 &c.; SchimmePs Ber. Oct. 1898); 

 E. loxophleba (Parry, Pharm. Journ. 

 61, 198) ; E. dexlropinea and E. l&vo- 

 pinea (Baker, loc. cit. 27, 414 ; Baker 

 and Smith, Ibid. 32, 195) ; E. h&ma- 

 ttoma (Schimmers Ber. April, 1888); 

 E. piperita (Baker and Smith, loc. cit. 

 31, 195) ; E. maculosa (Baker, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1899, p. 596; 



SchimmePs Ber. Oct. 1900 ; Ch. Centr. 



1900, 2, 970) ; E. bicolor = E. largi- 

 jlorens (SchimmePs Ber. loc. cit. ; Journ. 



Soc. Ch. Ind. 19, 1140); oil of 'red 

 gum ' of Tenterfield (? sp. ; Ibid.) 

 E. smithii and E. campfiora (Baker, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1899, 

 p. 292, &c.) ; E. goniocalyx (Smith, 

 Journ.andProc. Roy. Soc. of N. S. Wales, 

 38, 86, &c. ; Journ. Soc. Ch. Ind. 

 19, 68) ; E. intertexta (spotted gum) ; 

 E. mon isii (grey mallee) ; E. viridis 

 (green, red, or brown mallee) ; and 

 E. vitreea (white-top messmate) (Baker, 

 loc. cit. 1900, p. 303, &c. ; Ch. Centr. 



1901, 2, ico6) ; E. melliodora (Parry, 

 Ch. Drug. 68, 588) ; E. pulverulent a 

 (SchimmePs Ber. April, 1902) ; E. poly- 

 bractea (blue mallee) ; a little in oils 

 from E. angophoroides (apple-top box), 

 E. intermedia (bastard bloodwood), 

 E. lactea (spotted gum), E. ovalifolia 

 (red box), E. umbra (stringy bark or 

 bastard white mahogany), E. wilkin- 

 sonia = E. h&mastoma var. = E. l&vo- 

 pinea var. minor, E. fletcheri (lignum 

 vitaB or black box), and from E. wooll- 

 siana (mallee box) (Baker, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. Wales, 1900, part IV). 



SYNTHETICAL PROCESS. 



[A.] Terpineol [39] gives cineole 

 among other products when boiled 

 with dilute sulphuric or phosphoric 

 acid (Wallach, Ann. 239, 21 ; 275, 

 105). 



NOTE : No method for resolving terpineol 

 into its optical isomerides is at present known. 



41. Menthol; Terpanol; 



Peppermint Camphor ; 

 M ethy liso propyl-liexahy drop hen ol. 

 CH, 

 CH 



/\ 



H,C 



CH, 

 CH(OH) 



CH(CH s ) a 



NATURAL SOURCES. 



In oil of peppermint from Hentha 

 piperita (E* ^and, Germany, and 



