OCCURENCE OF INULINE BEYOND COMPOSITZ. 283 
oTuUs sancurneus, W. G. al lately figured in the ian 
is described in Tr. Linn. So OG; , p- 129, under the name of 
Craterellus papyraceus, Berk. & Car tis, It was gathered by Fendler 
in Venezuela. It is a good “rater, but certainly is not congeaeric 
with Xerotus.—M. J. eas 
Extracts and Abstracts. 
OccurRENCE oF InULINE BEYOND ComposiTx. 
Das Inulin-Vorkommen ausserhalb der igor Von Gregor 
Kravs. (Bot. Zeitung, May, 1877.) 
Hirnerto, with two or perhaps ne saa Inuline has been 
Dr. Kra 
often takes place within a few minutes, can be watched by means of 
the polariscope. Sometimes, however, mulberry-like masses pba re 
and not single sphere-crystals. In “an frat sapere of occurren 
where those parts are genuine reservoirs of nutriment ee also contain 
Inuline. In the genus Sedliera, moreover, a cell may contain both 
sugar and Inuline. T not nce can be prepared by washing, 
maceration a ing some hours; after which the cooled and 
filtered fluid is to be evapora sited to the ‘thickness of syrup, Mae the 
Inuline separates overnight as a thick white mealy sedime is 
ys ne can be freed from sugar and other impurities oa vind 
pure and then 989 alcoholic water; finally, it is to be 
Urapetated te per: rfect pant 
The chemical fea ty ‘of the substance, as thus obtained, are 
eR cays Bot. -. ‘1876, p. 604, ee will also be found details of a proposed 
test fo r sugar. author finds = - cells containing sugar be — in 
in i ‘ 
bee but it shows no fen to oryetalliee, and, i cou 9 early Nantes 
aftera time. This is a valuable discovery, as by means of it we shall soon 
oe sore iuformation as to the place of origin of sugar in nectaries, Teaf- 
glands, ; 
